Tag: Canada health care

Public Health-Care System on ‘Brink of Disaster,’ Canadian Nurses Federation Says

Canadian nursing leaders say they’ve sent a message to the premiers as they meet this week that patients and nurses are suffering through a “dire staffing crisis” that threatens the sustainability of public health care. A statement from Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses, says the system is “on the brink of…


John Robson: Pumping More Money Into Canada’s Health-Care System Won’t Fix It

Commentary Can I really be writing about health-care reform again? It’s a First World problem to fear filing the same column twice, because some important aspect of a situation becomes timely and you forget you already said it. I once did it by accident, and the worst part is only one other person noticed. But…


Canada’s Labour Shortage Has Reached the Point of a Perfect Storm

Commentary Economic recovery from the pandemic is going to be a convoluted path with years of ups and downs. While inflation is making it difficult for an increasing number of Canadians to pay the bills, we are also ironically in the midst of a labour shortage. As employers increase employee compensation to draw new workers,…


NDP Seldom Win Elections, But They’re Good at Forcing Governments’ Hands to Overspend

Commentary If government overspending is driving you crazy, don’t worry. It will soon be free. I refer to mental health services, at least in the vision of the Ontario NDP. But also government overspending, which already is free in their vision and that of many others. Some readers may object that the Ontario NDP is…


John Robson: NDP Seldom Win Elections, But They’re Good at Forcing Governments’ Hands to Overspend

Commentary If government overspending is driving you crazy, don’t worry. It will soon be free. I refer to mental health services, at least in the vision of the Ontario NDP. But also government overspending, which already is free in their vision and that of many others. Some readers may object that the Ontario NDP is…


COVID Exposed the Sorry State of Canada’s Health System, but Don’t Expect Reform

Commentary Apparently the COVID pandemic has revealed the manifest deficiencies of our socialized medicine. We’ve endured massive lockdowns, including among the worst suspensions of in-person schooling anywhere, because of the shrivelled fragility of world-famous-in-Canada “medicare,” which must now be reformed…  provided nothing changes. My National Post colleague Kelly McParland just loosed what passes here for…


Quebec Judge Rules Province’s Abandoned Health-Care Vaccine Mandate Is Legal

MONTREAL—A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled in favour of the province’s vaccine mandate for health−care workers, nearly two weeks after the government suspended the health order. Justice Michel Yergeau’s decision released today denies the request for an injunction brought by unvaccinated health network employees. The Quebec government announced on Nov. 3 it was abandoning…


‘It’s Been a Nightmare’: BC Health Workers Describe Staff Shortages Due to Vaccine Mandate

Anna Isaak knew her job as a care aide at Worthington Pavilion in Abbotsford, B.C., was coming to an end. She had decided not to comply with the provincial mandate that all health-care workers be vaccinated against COVID-19, and the Oct. 26 proof-of-vaccination deadline was looming. However, the impact of her unexpectedly sudden departure struck…


Trudeau Says Ottawa Withholding Health-Care Transfers to N.B. Over Abortion Access

MONCTON, N.B.—New Brunswick is failing to live up to its obligations under the Canada Health Act because it continues to make it difficult for women to access abortions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday. As a consequence, the federal government is withholding health-care transfers to the province, Trudeau told reporters in Moncton, N.B. “Making sure…