Alberta to dismantle current patient-care model, create new health delivery system
Alberta’s government is dismantling its provincial health-care delivery organization into four entities in a sweeping overhaul that will change the structure and decision-making for the entire health system.
N.L. ‘on par with Puerto Rico and Venezuela’ financially, health minister says
Dr. John Haggie, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Health Minister discusses the budget deficit his province is facing in this June 29, 2016 article in The Telegram (St. John’s, NL). He called it “unparalleled in Canadian history in any jurisdiction”. At the July 2016 Primary Healthcare Forum Conference, Dr. Haggie compared the $2.4 billion deficit to the likes of countries […]
Doctors Ratify New Master Agreement:
Doctors NS warn government that this contract doesn’t come close to solving the major problems facing NS health care system. A blick 0.5% raise in physician fees for NS who are already one of, and for many specialties, the lowest paid in Canada. Combined that with the highest tax rates makes us wonder how they plan to attract […]
Time to champion regionalization of Licensure
This April 15, 2016 Medical Post article by Dr. Sarah Giles once again addresses the high cost of credentialing and licensing for physicians seeking to do locum work in neighbouring health boards and provinces. CanAm has been out spoken on this issue. What the general public and government officials don’t realize is that we are talking about thousands for dollars not […]
“Too many doctors” in Nova Scotia? It sure doesn’t feel that way.
Submitted by David Nurse Have you seen this article about how we have “too many doctors” in Nova Scotia? http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/doctors-hiring-rules-halifax-family-doctors-1.3540172 I find this really bizarre, and I’d like to get your thoughts on it. To me I see a real disconnect between the Liberal government and the Health Authority on this issue. The Liberal government […]
How the 2016 federal budget affects incorporated physicians
Many physicians were nervous about how their professional corporations would fate when the 2016 federal budget was unveiled. But incorporated doctors were, overall, happy to see that what they most feared — losing a small business tax deduction — didn’t happen. There were also no changes to income splitting with family members — another tax-planning […]
Opposition howls for repeal of doctors’ incorporation rights in Quebec
The decade-old right of Quebec doctors to incorporate is being called into question by opposition politicians. And the issue is being raised on the eve of next week’s federal budget, in which the Liberals may introduce changes to the tax benefits of professional corporations across Canada. Last week, all three opposition parties in Quebec called […]
What can physicians expect from the 2016 federal budget?
The 2016 federal budget will be tabled in less than a month and everyone’s wondering what tax measures can be expected. Since the Liberal party’s win in October, the government has implemented many of the tax measures that were included in their election platform, as well as some new measures such as … a 4% increase in the […]
Manitoba oncologist wants Canada to lead cannabis crusade
An oncologist and palliative care consultant with CancerCare Manitoba and the University of Manitoba says he would like to see Canada become a world leader in the use of medical marijuana for pain relief. The Medical Post reported that Dr. Paul Daeninck told CTV News many patients “know more than the doctors” about medical cannabis […]
An open letter to Scott Brison
Joint Response by: John Philpott B. Eng., CMC CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc. John A. Flaim, CPA, CA, CFP Flaim Wolsey Hall, Chartered Accountants *** Dear Honourable Member, We would like to thank you for your time on January 12th and for the valuable exchange of information. The purpose of this letter is to outline the main […]
