Corporate Governance

After getting elected, the Alberta Progressive Conservative government has reneged on an agreement signed with the province’s doctors to continue negotiations regarding physician remuneration and the role of doctors in optimizing the healthcare system in Alberta. In December 2012, provincial health minister Fred Horne announced the cessation of all negotiations with doctors. He has since refused to enter binding arbitration at the recommendation of facilitators whose services he, himself, had agreed to.

TORONTO | The Arthritis Society has established three new programs: a National Childhood Arthritis Advisory Committee, a Backpack Program for children 10 and under diagnosed with arthritis, and a Donations Program to fund research and programs targeted specifically towards addressing the challenges of childhood arthritis.