With TB rates climbing and U.S. deportations hitting record highs in 2026, Canada’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach to migrant health screening requires an immediate upgrade.
Mistakes are inevitable when practicing medicine, but Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes writes that physicians should learn to give themselves more grace, as the profession is often held to impossible standards.
If Canada continues expanding assisted dying, it must answer hard questions. Are we expanding access to death faster than access to care? Are we ending lives prematurely when people could have flourished with adequate suicide prevention and support?