‘Quite startling’ wait-lists for addiction treatment in B.C. revealed in new documents
Freedom-of-information request shows crises in housing and health care drive long queues for publicly funded beds
Big Pharma firms lead B.C.’s top 10 list of public contract winners, thanks to pricey cancer drugs
AstraZeneca is the province’s number 1 supplier, with $1.3B in awards over last decade
Parties trade blame following IJF investigation into B.C.’s addiction treatment bed numbers
NDP says counting system denounced as ‘bold faced lie’ began with Conservative leader’s government
One third of B.C.’s ‘publicly funded substance-use treatment beds’ don’t provide any treatment
Victoria advocate ‘furious’ to learn province includes low-barrier housing in its total
No good option: These Canadians want to be protected against COVID but are unhappy with the choice of vaccines this fall
With COVID again surging, the government has taken away the preferred vaccine for some with autoimmune diseases
Purdue Pharma Canada wants to discuss Ontario's safer supply rules
And eight other insights from the IJF's weekly lobbying newsletter
The maker of Camel cigarettes is lobbying about a PEI policy to ban youth from ever buying tobacco
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
Labatt Breweries says it has concerns about a bill proposing health warning labels on alcohol products
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
Feeling the heat? Here’s how your city ranks in access to cooling spaces
New IJF analysis reveals huge disparities between Canada’s major cities
Incarcerated people say they’re boiling inside Canadian prisons. They want relief
A government policy prevents prisoners from having regular access to air conditioning. With extreme heat events becoming more frequent, does that policy need to change?
Ford pushes for faster drug approvals after lobbying from former government employees
Fifteen former Ford staffers lobbied for drug giants after leaving government
Pro-pharma lobbying picks up as pharmacare bill nears final approval
Groups opposed to a single-payer pharmacare plan stage communications blitz
Supplement industry fighting rules that would increase oversight of vitamins and herbal remedies
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
Veterans Affairs Canada working on automating parts of disability benefits process as experts raise questions about potential for bias
Department says automation needed to reduce backlog in applications amid sharp rise in veterans submitting claims
Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions
Premier Scott Moe says province made decisions based on information it had at the time
How accused ‘pump and dump’ perpetrators allegedly controlled a B.C. telemedicine company
Regulators say scheme netted masterminds $46 million while leaving other investors out in the cold
Against Her Will
Kir Anvik is injected every month with a medicine she believes is doing more harm than good. But doctors are forcing her to take it
Ontario nurses looking to adopt minimum nurse-to-patient ratios similar to those in B.C.
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter
“We need to be beyond reproach”: Vancouver councillor criticizes Mayor Ken Sim for not raising potential conflict before vote
The mayor approved funding for health authority that gives millions in contracts to his private company
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim votes to send city money to a health authority that awards millions in contracts to his private home care company
Nurse Next Door and its franchises got $4.2 million in government funds in 2023-24
Bathurst, N.B. ranks eighth in Canada among places with high concentrations of older residents
Exodus of young people creates challenges for older adults struggling to find healthcare and other services
‘People travel for everything here’: Elliot Lake, Ont. offers affordable living, but also healthcare headaches for older adults
Northern Ontario city has the country’s third-highest concentration of people 65 and up
Doctor shortage casts a pall on Parksville, B.C., Canada’s ‘greyest’ city
Four B.C. municipalities rank high on list of places with largest percentage of older residents, analysis finds
Older adult advocacy group wants Canada to prevent the export of drugs to Florida after U.S. ruling
And eight other insights from the IJF's lobbying newsletter
Ambulance response times increased the most for Indigenous, Northern communities in Ontario
Lack of staff and hospital beds amid more emergency calls blamed for healthcare disparities
Food insecurity in Canada at all-time high, surpassing peer nations
Policies to ensure livable income not keeping up with cost of living, researchers say
Ontario’s ambulance response times have skyrocketed – and are still on the rise
Waits for most urgent “life or death” cases have increased by 2 minutes on average since the pandemic
Former health minister Christine Elliott quietly lobbying on behalf of a for-profit health company in Alberta
And eight other insights from this week’s lobbying newsletter
International SOS pitches Global Affairs on its evacuation services as hundreds of Canadians remain trapped in Gaza
And eight other insights from the IJF’s lobbying newsletter
Nurses lobbying Ontario and Saskatchewan governments to support national pharmacare
And eight other insights from the IJF’s lobbying newsletter
Lobby Roundup: AstraZeneca lobbying on drug pricing nationwide after Liberals backtrack on promise to cut pharmaceutical prices
And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying roundup
Private health clinics lobbying Alberta government for more money ahead of May election
Two companies that registered to lobby also received government contracts
Doug Ford quietly increased funding to private hospitals run by his donors by 60 per cent
The increase started years before Ford proposed his new privatization law
Opposition parties challenge Ford for promoting his private healthcare donors
NDP, Liberals and Greens raise concerns following an IJF investigation
Doug Ford’s donors keep benefitting from his private healthcare push
Private healthcare donors have given the premier at least $34,033