The municipalities have contended that the decision to consolidate the dispatch services to save the government money could put the lives of people in their communities at risk.
Rebecca Jesseman, policy director at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction, says while health and safety standards for such facilities exist, there are no national standards when it comes to the quality of treatments or qualifications of those providing services.
Dr. Matt Poyner, who took a year off to travel with his wife and kids before the pandemic, is back in Canada and has some thoughts about returning to medicine or starting a new chapter in his life.
The case of Montreal pharmacists Helène Massicotte and Christine Larivière draws parallels to a recent one involving another Montreal pharmacist, Michael Assaraf, who was fined close to $100,000 for offences that included getting exclusive referrals through programs managed by McKesson Canada.
