Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

Experts agree forced and coerced sterilization must end, but are divided over whether Bill S-228 would deliver justice or chill access to reproductive care.

The national association said the case could have ‘impacts far beyond the issues at play in Saskatchewan.’

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found that pharmacist Ahmed Abuel Shouhoud had contravened Alberta’s Health Information Act—three years after having been sanctioned by the college for the same incident.

As physicians, if we don’t help our patients have a good death, we may be condemning them to a very bad one, one not of their own choosing.

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In January, Premier Danielle Smith’s government ordered a judge-led inquiry into the death of Prashant Sreekumar, a 44-year-old father of three.

Health Canada says the deaths happened in October and January following plasma donations at two locations run by Grifols, a company that pays donors.

Regulatory red tape continues to stifle both the mobility and recruitment of the hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign-trained regulated health professionals in the country.