The federal government plans to expand Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (“MAiD”) regime, less than four years after the practice was legalized. The move is in response to Truchon...
(This article has been translated into French.) The rallying cry for more “beds and buildings” in Canada’s health care system is understandable. Hospitals are overcrowded. Wait times for priority procedures...
En 2006-2008, l’espérance de vie sur le territoire du CLSC Hochelaga-Maisonneuve à Montréal était de 74,2 ans, comparativement à 85 ans pour le territoire plus favorisé du CLSC Saint-Laurent....
Last September, a Quebec Superior Court judge struck down key provisions in the Quebec and federal laws on medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in what’s known as the Truchon...
The phrase “birth tourism” has been used by media and political parties to derogatively describe the circumstances in which noncitizen women come to Canada to give birth; the suspicion...
As the first G7 country to legalize cannabis, Canada is becoming a point of reference for the global cannabis industry on production, distribution and retail models. The rest of...
Many valuable initiatives are outlined in the ambitious mandate letter from Justin Trudeau to his newly appointed health minister, Patty Hajdu. These include important responsibilities relating to effective, affordable...
Les tribunaux canadiens s’apprêtent à rendre prochainement des décisions cruciales concernant la place à accorder au financement et à la prestation des soins de santé par le secteur privé....
A woman caring for her older mother is told she cannot make a direct application to a specialized provincial home-care program because her mother needs a referral from a...
Tout récemment ont eu lieu les plaidoiries dans le cadre de l’affaire Cambie Surgeries Corporation, et al. c. Attorney General of British-Columbia, et al., un procès qui s’étend déjà...
