Finance minister says province has taken financial measures that will mitigate any effects of higher borrowing costs as a result of the falling Canadian dollar. ...
Author Archives: Marco Patrone
Hit to Ontario’s equalization payments will be delayed, Sousa says
With Canada's finance ministers preparing to meet in Ottawa, it's expected each province will find out what they will receive in the fiscal year 2016-17 from transfer payment programs, including equalization. ...
Proposed health overhaul would scrap CCACs to ‘ease’ patient access to home care
Should changes be approved, Community Care Access Centres would be scrapped in favour of system health minister says is more efficient ...
Critics say too few medical grads have incentives to start family practices
A contentious program that directs new graduates into high-needs areas of the province may be to blame, one doctors group says. ...
NDP joins activists in call for anti-racism secretariat
Pointing to recent incidents, Leader Andrea Horwath says party will introduce a motion calling for the creation of the secretariat in 2016; once in place, a panel of experts would set up public education programs. ...
Report lays out roadmap for legal, accessible, publicly funded doctor-assisted dying
The expert advisory panel was commissioned by 11 provinces and territories following a Supreme Court of Canada that struck down federal laws prohibiting physician-assisted death ...
Seen: OMA touts petitions on doctors fees – and warns of grads leaving province
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Province to toughen immunization rules for school children
Under new rules, parents and guardians who are considering not having children immunized would have to participate in an education session in order to obtain a vaccine exemption for non-medical reasons. ...
Province ready to provide post-traumatic care to Syrian refugees arriving Thursday night
Health Minister Hoskins has first-hand experience working with refugees in Middle East and Africa from his work with War Child Canada ...
What was asked in question period
What was asked in question period, Thursday Dec. 10 ...