Twelve opinions from 10 physicians isn’t a sign of a divided profession—it's the mark of an educated one. But we must learn to disagree without disintegrating.
Denise Carpenter stepped down from the board on June 30, while David Collie and Jennifer Quaglietta will depart after a ‘responsible, time-limited transition plan’ is in place.
We face challenging, sometimes traumatic situations in our job and we are asked to consider our patients’ wellbeing above our own. This is an unsustainable model.
The new funding represents the 3%-increase that was awarded during binding arbitration for the final year of the agreement, retroactive to April 1, 2025.
Family physicians already operate in an environment of nonstop decision-making. Adding another layer of continuous operational tracking changes the psychology of practice itself.
Until recently, overlooked has been the loss of portable health benefits in the rest of Canada. These were defined as a major principle of medicare by Tommy Douglas in 1966, and were enshrined in the Canada Health Act of 1984.
