In the early days of Canada’s public conversation about Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), Dr. Jeff Blackmer, then Vice-President of the Canadian Medical Association, expressed the gravitas of the policy choices that lay ahead as “no less than a sea change” to the ethos and culture of the medical profession. That was in 2016, after […]
Since intensive care units (ICU) were created in hospitals more than a half a century ago, there has been a steady decline in death rates for individuals who are critically ill and require life support. That’s significant and meaningful progress, and it’s thanks to the pioneering work of many doctors, nurses and researchers who have […]
Helicopter parenting. Tiger parenting. Free-range parenting. These are buzz-words we hear all the time that are supposed to describe the “best” approaches for parents to take raising their children. We all want the best for our children and parents happily and eagerly adopt the latest, greatest advice. Even governments enact legislation that promotes one approach […]
Ces jours-ci, on fait beaucoup ombrage au Cadre pancanadien sur la croissance propre et les changements climatiques du gouvernement Trudeau. Ce cadre, en effet, représente la principale voie de la conformité du Canada avec l’Accord de Paris sur le climat, exigeant que les provinces établissent un prix sur le carbone ou s’en fassent imposer un […]
Research tells us that bilingual education is the best possible education, but Canadian census results, and parents’ experiences, suggest that some Indigenous children educated in an Indigenous language are struggling. For example, education in Inuktut is a right that some Inuit parents, and governments, are giving up, and I understand. We want children to succeed […]
Be the anti-right One year since the violent alt-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and months since the Toronto van attack, Canadians can legitimately worry about increased political violence. The images of angry white men marching openly in Nazi regalia loom large alongside the revelation that some men are organizing groups driven by views of natural male […]
Il y a deux ans, le gouvernement fédéral annonçait des bonifications du Régime de pensions du Canada (RPC), marquant ainsi le changement le plus important du système de revenu de retraite à trois piliers du Canada depuis un demi-siècle. Ces bonifications incluent un remplacement plus important des revenus moyens du travail − passant d’un quart […]
Depuis que les unités de soins intensifs (USI) ont été créées dans les hôpitaux il y a plus d’un demi-siècle, les taux de mortalité des personnes gravement malades et nécessitant des soins de maintien des fonctions vitales ont diminué de manière constante. Ce sont des progrès considérables, accomplis grâce au travail de pionniers comme les […]
Why doctors and urban planners need to work together to improve public health and prevent chronic disease Since John Snow mapped out the large cholera outbreak in 1854 to where people lived in London, it has been known that where we live, work and play strongly influences people’s health. The way that our cities and towns […]
Things look bleak these days for the Trudeau government’s Pan-Canadian Framework on climate change (PCF). The framework represents Canada’s primary compliance path with the Paris Climate Accord, requiring provinces to establish a price on carbon or have one imposed by Ottawa. Opposition Conservatives have railed against the plan in the House of Commons. Newly-elected Ontario […]
