Corporate Governance

‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors
A healthcare nightmare began for this Vancouver woman with slow-release morphine.
Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug price reform: memo
The memo, obtained by the NDP through the access-to-information law and shared with The Canadian Press, is a status report from the acting chair of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to the health minister about obstacles they were facing to lowering the price of drugs.

Doctor politicians by the numbers

Counting up how physicians involve themselves in Canadian politics.
Alberta NDP says newly uncovered video of Smith concerning for public hospitals

The video, which was shot in October 2021 before Smith became premier, shows her suggesting a way to sell hospitals such as Rockyview, Peter Lougheed and South Health Campus in Calgary.
Flawed licensing exam led to half of Quebec nursing students failing, report finds

The independent commissioner who oversees access to Quebec professional orders raises questions about the reliability and validity of the order of nurses’ entrance exam.
Conservative private member’s bill raises spectre of abortion debate

If passed, Bill C-311 would encourage judges to consider physical or emotional harm to a pregnant victim an aggravating factor during sentencing.
The politics of healthcare funding

Which health services get funding can be a political landmine. IVF is one of the most contentious debates.
How to get action: A guide to being heard in the crowded healthcare lobbying space

A well-thought-out strategy could make all the difference, whether you’re trying to get more funding for a local hospital, working to set up a hospice or trying to recruit healthcare workers to your community.
Second Act: Mixing politics and humour

Alberta pharmacist Bob Mattice is combining stand-up comedy and a job on city council.
TMU answers questions on how it will open its proposed Brampton medical school in just two years

Bureaucratic cogs have begun to grind forward to support the creation of the Toronto Metropolitan University school of medicine in Brampton, which officials say will open by September of 2025.

‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors

Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug price reform: memo

Doctor politicians by the numbers

Alberta NDP says newly uncovered video of Smith concerning for public hospitals

Flawed licensing exam led to half of Quebec nursing students failing, report finds

Conservative private member’s bill raises spectre of abortion debate

The politics of healthcare funding

How to get action: A guide to being heard in the crowded healthcare lobbying space

Second Act: Mixing politics and humour

TMU answers questions on how it will open its proposed Brampton medical school in just two years