A new co-ordinated care service for patients seeking medical assistance in dying is up and running, providing an avenue around doctors whose moral beliefs clash with provincial policy on euthanasia. ...
Daily Archives: June 14, 2017
Seen: Brown delivers 2,000 letters requesting OEB reject Hydro One rate increase
The 2,237 letters addressed to the OEB request the board turn down the utility’s five-year rate increase application that would add $141 to Ontarians' bills by 2022. ...
Oversight body fights back against challenge to assisted-dying rules
Lawyers for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario told Superior Court that its policy of “effective referral” to a non-objecting doctor balances practitioners’ religious freedoms with their “duty to provide ...
Wynne expects more Liberal incumbents won’t run again in 2018
The Premier also said she is dead set against holding a snap election. ...
Tory MPP urges Health Minister to launch public inquiry into Elizabeth Wettlaufer case
Health Minister Eric Hoskins repeated his willingness to consider a public inquiry, but isn't saying more before the trial concludes later this month. ...
Government offers AMAPCEO four-year contract ‘roll-over’ with 7.5% pay bump
The contract extensions are being announced less than a year away from the next provincial election, and their terms would go a long way to keeping the labour peace while the Liberals and the other parties are out on the ...
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Wednesday, June 14. ...