Policy

If the Ontario government wants to expand scope of practice for pharmacists to make healthcare more convenient, Dr. Sohail Gandhi suggests perhaps doctors should be allowed to sell medication.

Since Bill C-64 passed last October, the federal government has been negotiating with the provinces and territories to sign bilateral pharmacare deals. Yet, all we’ve heard from Ontario is that the province can’t commit to sign on until it knows more.

The Canada Health Act has become the electrified third rail in Canadian politics—untouchable legislation that is failing us.

The province passed legislation last year that banned consumption sites deemed too close to schools or daycares.

The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on March 17, found that naloxone kits placed at public transit locations had the ‘greatest coverage’ and efficiency for potentially reversing drug overdoses.

The Prime Minister's Office says a plan to hike the inclusion rate on capital gains, first pitched in the federal budget last year, will not move forward.

People keep saying to train more family doctors. I don’t think they realize that people trained in family medicine can pursue many different careers.

With some Ontario municipalities offering hefty financial incentives to recruit doctors, one local mayor is balking at the idea.