Marie Bountrogianni, a former Liberal cabinet minister, has been named co-chair of the committee. ...
Category: Health and COVID-19
‘Funding must be restored’: Former health ministers from all three major parties demand Elliott reverse public health cuts
"If the government wants to end hallway medicine, as you have pledged, one of the best ways to do that is to actually invest more, not less, in public health," their open letter reads. ...
‘Maybe the province doesn’t really care’: Government slashes provincial health research fund by more than half
Health Minister Christine Elliott said that though research programs had been cut, research will continue. ...
Disability advocates say province’s current disability strategy is ‘picking winners and losers’
They say the province is ‘shutting out’ thousands of children with disabilities from needs-based funding. ...
Government launches autism consultations as community continues to face ‘a lot of anxiety’
The government says 'the first letters are expected to go out this week' on childhood budgets, but families were expecting to start receiving them in April. ...
Ontario public health units join Toronto in condemning Ford government cuts
The cuts "will cause major disruptions in every facet of the system," the Association of Local Public Health Agencies said. ...
NDP to introduce bill calling for medical supplies like wigs to receive exemption from Ontario portion of HST
The bill is named after Jennifer Kwong, who says her wig allowed her to 'function in society more incognito' ...
Sponsored Content: CNIC celebrates its one-year anniversary as the champion of Canadian medical isotopes
Leveraging Ontario’s nuclear advantage will have a significant positive impact on human health across the globe, keeping the world’s populations clean and safe ...
‘People will die’: Province slashes Toronto Public Health budget by a third, agency says
The province is told cutting the agency's $255 million budget by $86 million this year and next, and $107 million each year after. ...
Government’s ‘appropriateness’ proposals in OMA negotiations spark fear of health-care cuts
A six-month-old government proposal concerning colonoscopies sparked concern and outrage this week. ...
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