Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Competition Bureau calls on provinces and territories to consider mandating the supply of pet medication to allow pharmacists to enter the growing market.

The group says it got a good reception in meetings with the CRA and MPs about the Disability Tax Credit form and other admin burdens on FPs.

Moments after the legislation was introduced in the legislature, LGBTQ+ organizations Egale and Skipping Stone Foundation announced they will be taking legal action, calling it discriminatory.

The injunction granted on Saturday to the woman’s common-law partner prevents Dr. Ellen Wiebe or any other medical professional from helping end the life of the 53-year-old Alberta woman within 30 days.

Thursday marks the province’s final stage of opening up the alcohol sales market as grocery stores that are not already selling booze can stock their shelves with beer, wine and coolers.

The province says it’s incumbent on the federal government to make these changes, but the Ontario Liberals disagree.

The Quebec government announced last week that people who have conditions like dementia or Alzheimer’s disease will be able make a request for assisted dying before their mental capacity declines.

If passed, the new bill would protect Albertans from being ‘coerced’ into receiving any kind of medical treatment, so long as an individual has the ‘capacity’ to consent and is not likely to cause ‘substantial harm to themselves and others.