Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

The federal government maintains that denying Canadians with debilitating mental illnesses the right to medically assisted death is simply a matter of continuing a prohibition that already exists in the law.

OCP approves emergency assignment registration certificates for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.

The bill is now being studied by the justice committee after passing second reading in the House of Commons 246-78 in late October.

Once he meets with retail and business sectors, the guidance will be released on how best stores can manage public health rules allowing for no more than groups of 10.

Less than a month after receiving its first allotment of flu vaccine, this new pharmacy is done for the season.

Bill C-7 attempts to strike a balance between an individual's right to personal autonomy and self-determination and the need to protect vulnerable people who might feel pressured—either directly or indirectly by societal attitudes and a lack of support services—into seeking medical help to end their lives.