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Category: Health and COVID-19
Heard: Nurses call for guidelines to fight violence against women
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Health Ministry’s open data move would give Ontarians more information: DM
The Health and Long-Term Care Ministry is in the beginning stages of implementing a system of transparency that would apply to the entire health-care system. ...
Heard: CarePartners workers vote to strike to get first contract
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Banning of paid plasma donations gains broad support
Both inside and outside the house, Bill 21 finds approval and seems headed for certain third-reading passage. ...
Heard: CUPE rallies against cuts to Northern Ontario hospital
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Nurses’ union calls on provincial government to make workplaces safer
Ontario Nurses' Association applauds recent decision by Ontario Labour Relations Board and says more action is needed by Ministry of Labour after stabbing at Brockville Mental Health Centre. ...
Bills this week
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Child advocate calls government’s reasons for restricting his mandate ‘ludicrous’
The provincial advocate for children and youth has been calling for an increased mandate for six years, but this week the dispute escalated after the government stonewalled his request to amend its transparency legislati ...
Dean: Place-based seniors’ services coming of age in Ontario
Columnist Tony Dean explains how a new program that delivers an important community service also serves as a good example of the role of government in building 'public sector markets.' ...