Deadline to kick-start talks following binding arbitration vote and ongoing consultations with doctors by OMA. ...
Author Archives: Christopher Reynolds
New centre will polish lawyers’ French to improve justice access
The $100,000 pilot project is the latest step in the long march toward equal access for Franco-Ontarians. ...
Ontario gets cash for daycare – but critics say the system is still ‘broken’
Ottawa will give Queen's Park $435 million over three years for child care and early learning, the first in a slew of bilateral daycare deals with the feds. ...
Moral questions up in the air as assisted dying case wraps up
When does doctors' religious freedom start to harm patients? ...
Heard: Co-ordinated care service up and running
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. ...
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 ...
Doctors challenge province’s medically assisted dying policy in court
The case before the Ontario Superior Court cuts to the core of conscientious objection and throws a spotlight on “effective referral" in connection with assisted dying. ...
Ontario Health Coalition report slams creeping private health care
The report warned of an encroaching “two-tier” system of health care where private clinics across the country charge patients out of pocket for tests and procedures already funded by taxpayers. ...
800 vinyl ducks flock to Queen’s Park in protest
Advocacy group raises a flap about government “waste.” ...
Wynne waxes nostalgic at Ryerson convocation speech
The Premier drew on hope, humour and cliché to try to pierce the hearts of young students. ...