Legislative, Regulatory & Legal

In late October, the Ontario Specialists Association started a petition and letter writing campaign about the project, stating the OMA “has asked Canada Revenue Agency for personal physician and professional corporation tax data.”

Effective Nov. 2, 2020, the diagnosis of persistent and well-documented gender dysphoria is included in the list of criteria for MSI coverage for breast reduction.

Dr. Gibnet told CBC News Premier Kenney's response to the rising numbers—refusal to enact a lockdown, citing harm to businesses and Albertans' mental health—prompted the letter.

If you have recently retired and are in your mid-60s, you have a choice to make. Do you take your government pension entitlements, or defer them to a later date in order to receive a higher amount?

Proposed legislation to amend Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying goes against the nature of medicine, which is to heal patients and alleviate suffering, says Dr. Ramona Coelho, a family physician in London, Ont. Dr. Coelho is among a group of physicians who wrote an open letter opposing Bill C-7. More than 800 Canadian doctors have now signed the letter.

Dr. Furey, who is 45 years old, asserted he plans to have a "life after politics," and that he doesn't want his stint as premier to jeopardize his future career as a physician.

The purpose of the data gathering is to strengthen the associations bargaining position in relativity discussions with the provincial government, the OMA said.