#Pharmacare

Should we use the Canada Health Act to reform long-term care? A thread. 1/n It has become blindingly clear that LTC requires massive change. The balance of evidence supports moving

Reluctant Pancreas

NadinePedersen4

Woke up to a #Dexcom alarm, alerting me that my son with #type1diabetes was having #hypoglycemia. Life-saving juice given and unable to get back to sleep, I went on FB

Our priorities for the government were spelled out earlier this summer, including a comprehensive #pandemic response, long-term strengthening of the primary care system & establishment of a universal national #pharmacare

Holly Witteman, PhD

#ThinkDigitalHealth @carlyweeks: predictions for current federal government health priorities:- Pharmacare- mental health care standards- access to primary care (“get everyone a family doctor”) unrealistic (need more time, $, systemic changes

Broadbent Institute

Acc to a new report by @PBO_DPB, a one-time 15% pandemic excess profits tax would raise $8 BILLION. We break it down for you. THREAD:Full report:https://www.pbo-dpb.gc.ca/en/blog/news/RP-2122-002-M--cost-estimate-an-excess-profits-tax--mont

I'm going to start a daily series on everything the pandemic has taught us. (Well many of these are things we already knew, but #COVID19 has confirmed them.)Day 1: Austerity

Lot’s of talk about UBI. FWIW, here’s my take:UBI doesn’t replace an effective social safety net.We can’t buy our way out of poverty & inequality perpetuated by successive govts that

not inklessPW 💎

If this 11 second video had 20 million views, there's a good chance it could cost Justin Trudeau the next election. oh and the context? there's an election coming and

.A long & important thread, in 2 parts. Part 1: 1. Just wondering if any of the #IStandWithTrudeau folks are interested in hearing a #disabled #Canadian's perspective. I'm not sure

Tuning in this morning as Premier Jason Kenney is set to formally respond to yesterday's Speech from the Throne. Kenney issued a written statement last night that criticized it for

Dr Fish Philosopher Todd (Dr FPT)🐟

1. Academic conferences for highly sensitive people/introverts/folks who find current systems unbearable: a) they would be held in soft gentle space near a brook, the ocean, or a lake. With

I absolutely support this motion - but once again it is frustrating to see that the action items here are to write letters. I understand that these are the mechanisms

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions

mynamesnotgordy

What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Doug Ford issues official Hunker Down Order on Thursday. Says he only found out about Ontario's Coe-VEDD positivity levels and ICU crisis

NursesForAbolition

In light of the decades-long confusion over what is now called #Clinic554, “private clinics” and #AccessToAbortion in Atlantic Canada, here’s my thread. I provide abortion care now from a hospital-located

I am attending, via Zoom, the Online 2SLGBTQAI+ Townhall/Debate organized by @GLBA_of_BC @QMUNITY and @rainbowrefugee . It is being moderated by @char_des and just opened with the most beautiful Land

L'il Jan On the Prairies✌❤🍁😷

Thread!!!!This vote splitting garbage has me LIVID.I will vote for the person with the greatest chance of beating the Con. Period. As for all the Singh purists, I am beyond