The Ontario government is putting off the implementation of rules that would require pharmaceutical companies and medical device makers to report all payments and gifts to doctors, medical associations, patient advocacy groups and others in the province. The Health Sector Payment Transparency Act was passed in December 2017, but the regulations had not been finalized […]
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Medical specialists break away from OMA at “worst possible time” warns Quebec specialist group
The plan by several medical specialist groups to break away from the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and negotiate directly with the provincial government may be the right move for specialists but the timing — in the middle of arbitration proceedings for a new contract — couldn’t be worse, according to Dr. Diane Francoeur, president of […]
Ontario doctors angry over government’s proposal for primary care
Primary care physicians reacted with shock and anger when they saw the Ontario government’s final arbitration position on primary care in the new Physician Service Agreement. The proposal, identical to the one under the previous Liberal government, would require more work for less pay from family doctors. The proposal is “devastating to practitioners’ morale and […]
Concern over future of science in Ontario
Province’s new premier cancels media subscriptions and revokes carbon tax. Scientists in Ontario, Canada’s most populated province, are concerned about the future of government science in the province following the election of Doug Ford as premier. Ford, brother of the late Toronto mayor Rob Ford, has a populist streak and has shown little interest in […]