With a fatal cancer diagnosis, time is not something Elaine Foley, 67, has to spare. With a medical system plagued with long wait times, the Wasaga Beach, Ont., woman is running out of what little time she has left. Elaine is battling Stage 4 cancer that spread from her lungs to her brain, with doctors … Read more
Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their health care systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatment. It wasn’t enough, but most of the provinces grudgingly accepted the broad terms of the deal and returned home to negotiate the finer points behind … Read more
Most Canadians don’t think the quality of health care in their province is likely to improve, a new survey suggests, despite new federal health accords with several provinces designed to quell the health-care crisis unfolding across Canada. The poll by Leger comes nearly a year after the federal government offered a $196-billion health accord to … Read more
