Health Policy News

Earlier this year, Premier Danielle Smith said her government would start working to attract specialists for genital reconstruction surgeries so Albertans wouldn’t have to travel to Quebec for care.

New rules mean Health Canada can demand stores pull supplements and homeopathic medicines off shelves if they are found to be a health risk.

Premier Doug Ford’s own riding of Etobicoke North was third on the list, with 32,000 people without a family doctor.

Health Minister Christian Dubé told a Montreal radio station this morning that those who want to leave Quebec or work in the private system will face ‘consequences.’

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.

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.