Historic number: A cynic might say ‘look how bad things are, members are demanding change’ but Dr. Andrew Park says this means doctors care about their peers.
Since the higher capital gains inclusion rate has yet to pass into actual law, doctors can choose to file their taxes with the old rules—but there’s a catch.
In September, the college approved a motion to initiate an external third-party governance review over an increase in ‘behaviours indicative of board discord and a breakdown of trust.’
Now that prorogation has killed the tax measures that were stalled in Parliament, there is a possibility that these proposals could be dead for good if the government falls before reintroducing them.
The college launched its corporate pressures hotline last summer after surveys and town halls revealed many pharmacists were facing pressure from their employers to reach service quotas or other business targets.
Birch Hill acquired the drugstore chain from previous owner McKesson Corp. in a transaction that closed Dec. 30, according to documents filed with the federal Competition Tribunal.
