'This piece of legislation wins the Palme for the worst piece of legislation that has ever come across my desk,' NDP health critic France Gélinas asserts. ...
Category: Health and Wellness
Your morning briefing
Your morning roundup of news and agenda items for Tuesday, December 12. ...
Provinces, Ottawa pledge to split pot tax revenue 75-25
Agreement to give provinces lion's share of the loot comes after they skewered Morneau's initial plan for 50-50 split. ...
Opioid deaths spike in Ontario, latest figures show, as province gains power to approve and fund supervised injection sites
There were 336 opioid-related deaths in Ontario from May to July this year, a 68-per-cent spike from the same time period last year. ...
Potholes: The marijuana prescription loophole for young drivers
Young drivers who use prescription marijuana within defined limits could be able to get behind the wheel. ...
AG Report 2017: Not all cancer patients’ health needs being met
Lysyk found Ontario was slow to respond to a building crisis in its capacity to provide stem cell transplants. ...
Mental health-care funding grows — into game of one-upmanship
Liberals respond to PC pledge of $1.9 billion over 10 years for mental health care with a promised spending top-up. ...
Liberal government unveils Ontario Fair Auto Insurance Plan
The government plans to rein in physician and lawyer costs in the auto insurance system. ...
PCs tout mental health plan, criticize Health Minister’s response
Eric Hoskins compared the People's Guarantee to a failed 1893 bank of the same name. ...
No further private hospitals will be allowed in Ontario, Minister says, addressing privatization concerns
Critics say the bill means a new government with a privatization agenda can easily authorize the expansion of private clinics. ...
Liberals pledge cash to make hospitals greener — through an action plan PCs pledge to scrap
Extension of multi-million plan to retrofit hundreds of hospitals would fall by wayside if PCs come to power: MPP. ...
‘Vape Dad’ MPP booted from the house during marijuana bill debate
Randy Hillier is outraged over what he believes are restrictions being placed on debate, as well as the inclusion of new smoking regulations — and their impact on vaping — in the omnibus bill. ...
Tory complaints over omnibus marijuana bill ‘just conspiracy thinking,’ government house leader says
PCs seek to separate out school bus camera legislation from a bill that primarily lays the groundwork for setting up pot shops next summer. ...
Health Minister fills in some of the gaps in recent health-care policy announcements
Many of the details of the new Personal Support Services Ontario aren't available, including how much it will cost, how many personal support workers it will hire, and when it will be up and running. ...
New home care agency a boon to union with ‘cozy ties’ to Liberals, PCs claim
Union that will benefit from new agency jobs also bankrolls group behind an ad campaign targetting Patrick Brown: Tories. ...
Who can harness the air? Environment minister takes a step to rein in contamination
New monitoring policy aims to ease Chemical Valley qualms over high contaminant levels — though effectiveness remains up in the air. ...
Municipalities to decide how close pot shops can be to schools
Finance minister says location rules will vary by city, but province needs bigger slice of federal tax pie for pot launch. ...
Province commits to more long-term care beds as political fight breaks out over seniors strategy
As the Liberals announces plans to create 5,000 beds over the next four years and 30,000 over the next decade, the PCs claim a new agency overseeing home-care for seniors is more about pleasing a Liberal-friendly union ...
Liberal government tackling welfare reform before 2018 election: Minister
The government has promised a new report on social assistance will be a roadmap for reform. ...
Ontario long-term care homes call for more funding as wait list booms
The Ontario Long-Term Care Home Association laid out its ask for the 2018 budget on Wednesday. ...
Ontario to add 1,200 new hospital beds with $140M in-year funding boost
The funding comes as Ontario is heading into flu season with unusually high hospital bed occupancy rates. ...
Excerpts: Tory MPP delivers fiery speech on women’s safety, sexual assault and partisan politics
Highlights from a fiery speech on women's safety by MPP Lisa MacLeod. ...
Law to create abortion clinic buffer zones lurches ahead
Motion to fast-track legislation would see it passed next week, with PCs supporting it while condemning abortion "game." ...
Minister commits to new health study on residents of Chemical Valley
After years of criticism, the government has committed to a health study of the residents of chemical valley but has few details to offer. ...
In brief: Job numbers and a hospital tower celebration
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Trent Hills mayor who fought for cutting-edge cancer treatment passes away
MPP Lisa MacLeod has some kind words to say of the salt-of-the-earth mayor. ...
Liberals go on defensive on abortion clinic buffer zones
The Progressive Conservatives and New Democratics say the government is playing politics with women's safety. ...
Paramedics raise alarm on bill to put EMS workers on fire trucks
Emergency medical workers say firefighters cost more and don't have the experience to handle on-the-spot decisions. ...
Horwath says health minister needs to “man up” on hospital overcrowding
Internal docs reveal a dozen Toronto-area hospitals are over "safe" capacity. ...
In brief: A new poll, a polished man, mental health, aerospace and 14 years of Liberal rule
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
In brief: Wettlaufer probe, grocery store beer and an MPP donation
A collection of briefs on the news of the day. ...
Hutton: How much do you want for that bag of weed, minister?
If marijuana is to be a legal product, then the private sector should be able to sell it, columnist Deb Hutton writes. ...
Cabinet gives Health Quality Ontario the power to raise revenue
Dr. Joshua Tepper says that doesn’t mean selling data on Ontarians’ health care system. ...
Explainer: 200-page beast of a health-care bill on everything from barber shops to big pharma
Including why your local splash pad will soon be regulated by Queen's Park. ...
Human rights commissioner launches legal action against province over solitary confinement
Renu Mandhane, chief commissioner, says the situation for vulnerable inmates "has in fact gotten worse." ...
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Justin Bates argues for a dual system of medical and recreational cannabis access ...
Liberals not ready to set the price of legal weed just yet
The finance minister is walking back media reports that said he was eyeing $10 a gram. ...
Bill to ban pill presses passes second reading as opioid debate gets political
Tory MPP criticizes health minister for having called his bill "over-simplistic." ...
Province ratchets up drug-impaired driving penalties
Young and commercial drivers can't get behind the wheel with even trace amounts, while sanctions for all drugged drivers get stricter. ...
Heard: Premier talks NAFTA, health care in U.S. lecture
The premier also told the audience about her government's recent domestic priorities, including increasing the minimum wage and preparing to give free prescription drugs to all Ontarians under age 25. ...
NDP calls for a ministry of mental health and addictions
The New Democrats introduce a private member's bill to create a ministry so that mental health is no longer "an afterthought," party leader Andrea Horwath says ...
Horwath warns ‘big, big trouble’ is brewing in Ontario hospital care
The NDP Leader attacked the Liberals and previous Tory regimes for over 'meagre' measures to fund health care and reduce hospital wait times. ...
Pot on the front burner as the legislature resumes
Opposition slams legalized marijuana plan as "distraction technique" and “political cover” for Grits' legal troubles. ...
Province to roll out 40 stand-alone pot shops next year
Pot and booze will not be sold at the same location, although the LCBO will oversee the reefer rollout. ...
New figures show spike in opioid deaths, government promises $222M in new funding
The funding will be spent over three years and go toward ...
Wynne commits to ‘significant additional resources’ to combat opioid overdose crisis
But the premier stopped short of declaring a state of emergency over opioid overdoses Monday. ...
Health-care workers call for declaration of state of emergency over opioid overdoses in Ontario
The request is in an open letter that organizers plan to deliver at Queen's Park on Monday. ...
Happening: NDP MPP calls for province to block graphic anti-abortion images
Four politicians are requesting the province get an injunction to block the images of "chopped up fetuses." ...
Union calls for reforms after alleged assaults at psychiatric hospital
"No worker should have to face this level and frequency of violence in their workplace," OPSEU's president says in wake of the report of another violent incident at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care in Penetanguish ...
Ontario launches new online health care wait times tool
Ontario is offering more health-care information online. ...
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