Premiers repeat demand for $28-billion federal health-transfer increase
With a federal budget in the offing, premiers are stepping up the pressure on Ottawa to immediately boost health-care funding by at least $28 billion a year.
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Alberta's pending budget may get a boost from higher oil prices: Kenney
Premier Jason Kenney says a recent bump in energy prices in the third quarter of the current budget is helping the bottom line as his government prepares to introduce its 2021-22 budget.
To end racism in health care, Canada needs Indigenous health legislation: Miller
The high uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Indigenous communities might show a level of trust in the government but it remains "thin," Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Thursday as he outlined next steps to tackling racism in health care.
NDP makes pre-emptive election strike with pledge to end for-profit, long-term care
The NDP is calling for the elimination of for-profit long-term care by 2030 in a multibillion-dollar plan presented as a potential election promise.
Feds to develop legislation giving Indigenous communities control over their health care
The federal government will work with Indigenous leaders to co-develop legislation aimed at giving First Nations, Metis and Inuit people control over the delivery of health care in their communities.
Personal support workers risk their own health to care for others
The dangers for personal support workers from COVID-19 has shone a light on an industry that employs many racialized women.
Premiers' demands for long-term health funding take backseat to pandemic
A first ministers meeting on Dec. 10 that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pandemic.
History of Indigenous medical experiments poses challenge in building trust amid COVID-19
Some leaders and health professionals say they are facing a challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic of persuading Indigenous people to trust a health system that has a history of experimenting on them.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez battles with Jagmeet Singh
Jagmeet Singh committed a grisly slaying in front of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday, November 2, 2020 night. Fortunately, the victim was a video game character, not a human being.
Quebec First Nation calls for equal health-care access following Joyce Echaquan's death
The call to action, known as Joyce’s Principle, aims to ensure that Indigenous people have equal access to "the highest standard" of government-run health services. First Nations have for years complained about discrimination in hospitals and other institutions.
Jagmeet Singh to put wealth tax for pandemic expenses on Commons agenda
The federal New Democrats will use an upcoming chance to set the agenda in the House of Commons to push for a new tax on wealthy people and those who made massive profits during the COVID-19 pandemic, their leader Jagmeet Singh says.
Fighting racism in Canada's health-care system takes money and more, feds say
The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says.
Locked-up computer systems part of 'terrifying' ransomware scourge
A shadowy group of cyber criminals that attacked a prominent nursing organization and Canadian Tire store has successfully targeted other companies with clients in governments, health care, insurance and other sectors.
Throne speech to lay out short-, and long-term plans as cases rise, prompting PM address
The federal Liberals' throne speech on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, is to lay out plans for child care, health care, affordable housing and navigating the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.