Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor assisted death
The current law, adopted in 2014, set out strict criteria that include informed consent of a patient until their death, meaning people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and could no longer provide informed consent do not have access.
Ontario premier defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access
Some Ontario workplaces offer rapid tests for their employees, and children in publicly funded schools are being sent home for the December break with a kit of five rapid tests each.

Man arrested for threatening N.L. health minister about mask mandate

A release says the threats were related to provincial public health rules requiring everyone older than five to wear a mask in public indoor settings.
'Pharma Bro' firm reaches $40M settlement in gouging case

A company once owned by Martin Shkreli will pay up to $40 million to settle allegations that it jacked up the price of a life-saving medication by roughly 4,000%.
RCMP urging parents to call 911 if intimidated outside vaccine clinics for kids

Cpl. Jennifer Cooper says about a dozen people voiced their opinions against vaccines at a clinic in Prince George on Monday, and some of them followed families to their vehicles.
PMHx: The extra-billing crisis

The adoption of the CHA in 1984 led to the Ont. doctors strike of 1986.
NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers

The move by Mayor Bill de Blasio comes as cases are climbing again in the U.S. and the worrisome but little-understood omicron variant is gaining a toehold in New York and elsewhere around the country.
What’s in a pharmacy name? A penalty if you get it wrong, one owner learns the hard way

Sami Soltan's choice of pharmacy name was meant to call out the location of his store. But he was also afraid of racial prejudice.
What an Ontario academic found researching forced sterilization of Indigenous women for more than a decade

There have historically been more than 1,200 Indigenous people forced to lose their reproduction capabilities, with the vast majority of them women, at Indian Hospitals across Canada, including Camsell Hospital in Edmonton.
Rounds: Quebec backs off its attack on FPs

Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor assisted death

Ontario premier defends current approach amid calls for more rapid COVID test access

Man arrested for threatening N.L. health minister about mask mandate

'Pharma Bro' firm reaches $40M settlement in gouging case

RCMP urging parents to call 911 if intimidated outside vaccine clinics for kids

PMHx: The extra-billing crisis

NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers

What’s in a pharmacy name? A penalty if you get it wrong, one owner learns the hard way

What an Ontario academic found researching forced sterilization of Indigenous women for more than a decade

Rounds: Quebec backs off its attack on FPs