Oct 20, 2018
To end hallway medicine, defend Bill 148
Jesse McLaren
If Doug Ford wants to end hallway medicine, he should support legislation promoting healthy wages and paid sick days.
Food & Health
Oct 18, 2018
New accessibility legislation falls short for federal workers
PSAC is recommending a change to Bill C-81 to say that accessibility in employment must be handled under the Employment Equity Act.
Oct 18, 2018
Making sustainable food accessible to all
Major government-level changes will be needed to ensure access to sustainably-grown food for people living on low incomes. Food Secure Canada's latest on food accessibility.
Oct 18, 2018
Nicaragua's agrarian reform and revolution 40 years on
To better understand present-day events in Nicaragua, we need to revisit the 1979 Sandinista Revolution and the agrarian reform which was to have lifted the poorest citizens out of poverty.
Rally for Public Health Care
Oct 23, 2018
Queen's Park
111 Wellesley St.
Toronto
, ON
Canada
See map: Google Maps
Ontario CA
Stand up to protect our public health care. Public health care services need to be restored and improved, not cut and privatized.
Legal cannabis in Canada
And so it begins. Still a few days away but not too soon to talk about the changes.
I have no trouble obtaining cannabis and I am mostly at home so legalization isn't going to have much impact on me other than I might grow a bit. The aspect of legalization I most look forward to is debunking reefer madness. Some seniors are going to be really disappointed when they smoke up and discover it's pretty much the same as what we used to smoke.
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Toronto Book Launch: Food Was Her Country
Oct 19, 2018
St Vlad's
620 Spadina Ave.
(At Harbord)
Toronto
Canada
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CA
Food Was her Country, dubbed a "comic treat' by the Toronto Star, details a love triangle between the author, her mother, and food. It documents a social history of food and a queer activist archive.
Oct 11, 2018
Health Care Support Workers' Week: October 8-14, 2018
This week, CUPE is celebrating the work of its more than 9,100 members in health care support roles across Manitoba.
Oct 11, 2018
Federal government’s consultation on pharmacare solicits Canadians’ feedback
The Unifor Health Care Council focused on encouraging all Unifor members and their families to take the online questionnaire and support the idea of a universal pharmacare program.
Oct 11, 2018
The 'dissident doctor' talks about defying the medical establishment
face2face
Dr. Michael Klein talks about his book "Dissident Doctor" in his critique of the health-care system and his best practice recommendations.
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