The Physician Services Agreement, which came into effect last year, increases the financial incentive for doctors accepting patients from the province’s centralized waitlist from $350 to $500. 1/13/2026 Canadian Healthcare Network Staff   Ontario is giving family physicians money to take on new patients from the provincial waitlist. But is this incentivizing some doctors to drop their current patients in favour of taking on new ones?   In a story published on last week in the

Don your scarves and pull your toques on tight. But is that winter frost or the bitter chill of progressive health policies put on ice?  Dec 18, 2025 by Maddi Dellplain        It’s been quite a year for Canadian health policy. Several controversial bills have come into play across the country, leaving many vulnerable patients and health-care workers wondering if they’ll be left out in the cold.   This month, Alberta yet again invoked  the “notwithstanding clause” to shield it

Dec. 22, 2025 “Canada’s problem is not a lack of potential physicians, but a failure of planning and foresight,” writes Dr. Debakant Jena. Dreamstime By Debakant Jena Contributor Dr. Debakant Jena is chief of orthopedic surgery at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital, associate professor at the University of Calgary and a first-generation immigrant to Canada. In May, 96-year-old retired teacher Dorothy Lamont  placed a small classified ad in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald titled “See

Dec. 5, 2025 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature on Tuesday. The report “glosses over the main reason why one-in-four Ontarians will have no family doctor by 2026,” writes Dr. Iris Gorfinkel. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press file photo The auditor general’s latest report on primary care

By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello | Global News Posted December 2, 2025 Toronto Metropolitan University’s School of Medicine is seen, in Brampton, Ont., on Aug. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan  A lack of planning in the Ford government’s expansion of Ontario’s medical schools meant the province has created family medicine spaces more slowly than it had planned, the auditor general has found.   As part of its plans to improve access to primary care, the government anno

Watchdog Shelley Spence diagnosed a lack of effort to crack down on an estimated $1 billion in potential overcharges by physicians — including 59 who billed for more than 24 hours in a day.   Dec. 2, 2025 By Rob Ferguson Queen’s Park Bureau, and Robert Benzie Queen’s Park Bureau Chief Ontario’s auditor general Shelley Spence speaks to media following the release of her annual report at the Ontario legislature in Toronto, on Dec. 2, 2025. Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press   Premi

A recent international comparison of healthcare systems ranked Australia as the top performer—Canada was ranked seventh. Jason M. Sutherland 11/11/2025 Creator: AlexLMX | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Emergency department closures. Long wait times for surgeries and specialist appointments.  Millions of Canadians without a primary healthcare provider .   Healthcare systems across Canada are struggling to provide timely and equitable access to healthcare services—at a time w

Once upon a time, Canada’s healthcare system was widely considered a model for the rest of the world, especially in countries where access to medical care was often tied to your job or your wealth. Not so any more...

It began as a light-hearted quip. “Call 1-800-Doug Ford … doctors, come see us,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford told Quebec physicians frustrated by the Legault government’s new doctor-compensation law.

With anger brewing next door over Bill 2, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s ready to “roll out the red carpet” for disgruntled Quebec doctors looking to move to a different province.

July 23, 2025 Wayne Gates Special to Niagara Now/The Lake Report Niagara Health's St. Catharines site. "Far too many people are forced...

By Joshua Freeman Updated: July 09, 2025 at 7:48 PM EDT   Ont. medical association warns against using AI, internet to self-diagnose amid...

If we have to rely on our universal health-care system, let’s make it reliable, writes Mulugeta Dilnesahu. July 10, 2025 With long waits...

Jun 23, 2025 by Elliott Wong The numbers for family medicine paint a bleak picture.   •     By 2026, it is estimated that 4.4 million...

June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...

A study published Tuesday found that while there are now more family doctors practising here, fewer are providing full-service family...

CARP News May 6, 2025 The shortage of family doctors in Canada and the proliferation of hallway medicine is nothing short of a national...

Save Our Local Hospitals, Stop the Cuts & Closures! The goal is to pour on as much pressure as we can inside the Legislature to get the...

Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m. via Zoom online presented by the Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election - Monday, April 28, 2025 We...

Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...