It has been an emotional week at Queen’s Park with families and concerned Ontarians descending on the legislature to condemn the Liberal government’s many reckless actions. This past Tuesday, families of children with Autism Spectrum disorder filled the legislature during question period. New [Read more]
New Fund Taps into Grassroots Initiatives Ontario is investing $50 million to support grassroots community partners in lifting people and families out of poverty. The Local Poverty Reduction Fund will support innovative local solutions and help community organizations demonstrate their progress, [Read more]
Entente à coût nul comprend aucun nouveau financement pour les salaires et permet des économies de 55 millions de dollars L’Ontario et l’Association des employés et employées gestionnaires, administratifs et professionnels de la Couronne de l’Ontario (AEEGAPCO) ont ratifié [Read more]
Net Zero Deal Includes No New Money for Wages, Results in Savings of $55 Million Ontario and the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO) have ratified a new four-year collective agreement. The agreement includes a wage freeze in the first two [Read more]
Agreement Vital to Control Costs and Protect Public Services Ontario has reached a tentative four-year collective agreement with the Association of Management, Administrative and Professional Crown Employees of Ontario (AMAPCEO). The negotiated agreement was reached by both sides coming to the [Read more]
Ontario Adds More Hospital Beds for Epilepsy Monitoring and Testing Ontario is more than doubling the number of hospital beds for epilepsy patients in order to enhance their care and reduce wait times for diagnostic testing. The province is adding 21 new epilepsy monitoring unit beds at [Read more]
New Health Link to Co-ordinate Care for Seniors and Patients with Complex Conditions High needs patients in the City of Thunder Bay Integrated District Network (IDN) will soon benefit from better coordinated care from a new Health Link bringing together all health providers in the community. [Read more]
La ministre de la Santé et des Soins de longue durée, Deb Matthews, et le leader parlementaire du gouvernement, John Milloy, ont fait aujourd’hui la déclaration suivante au sujet de la motion du gouvernement visant à accélérer l’adoption du projet de loi 30, Loi de 2013 sur la [Read more]
Today, Deb Matthews, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, and John Milloy, Government House Leader, issued the following statement on the government’s motion to fast-track Bill 30, the Skin Cancer Prevention Act: “In March, our government took action to help prevent skin cancer among [Read more]
Les membres de la Fédération des municipalités du Nord de l’Ontario (FONOM) ont rencontré des représentants de sept ministères provinciaux, y compris cinq ministres, lors de la réunion de l’Association des municipalités de l’Ontario qui s’est tenue récemment à Ottawa. Alan Spacek, [Read more]
Government To Move Forward With New Legislation This Fall From: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care The Ontario government is taking action to make the province’s cancer system safer for patients, following the release of Dr. Jake Thiessen’s review into Ontario’s cancer drug [Read more]
Gravelle and Mauro announce funding increase for Superior North EMS Ontario is strengthening land ambulance services to ensure continued access to emergency health care for the residents of Thunder Bay and the area through a 4.8% funding increase to the Superior North EMS, the district’s [Read more]
Le nouveau gouvernement de l’Ontario réglemente les options de soins de santé L’Ontario rend les services de médecine traditionnelle chinoise et d’acupuncture plus sécuritaires en s’assurant que seuls les praticiens réglementés et qualifiés peuvent offrir ces services. À [Read more]
New Ontario Government Regulating Health Care Options Ontario is making traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture services safer by ensuring that only regulated and qualified practitioners deliver these services. Starting April 1, 2013, traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture practitioners [Read more]
New Ontario Government Partners With First Nations to Support Community Addiction Initiatives Ontario is working with First Nations communities to increase access to care and community supports for those addicted to prescription narcotics. The province is providing ongoing annual funding to [Read more]
