Category Archives of : Advocacy

Care Watch Ontario – What’s the Story? Ontario Health Teams

Care Watch Ontario advocates for high quality, affordable, and equitable access to home and community care within any structure the Province adopts. In the July/August 2019 issue of Care Watch Ontario, you can read about the planned Ontario Health Teams – one of the proposed solutions for ending hallway medicine and other problems besetting health care in Ontario. […]

Care Watch Ontario – Canada Goes to the Polls

Care Watch Ontario advocates for a comprehensive and equitable system of home care and community support services to help older adults age safely in their own homes and communities and to keep them out of institutions. Policies and funding for health care, affordable housing, and a range of other services directly and indirectly affect home […]

Bill 87 – An Act to amend various statutes related to energy

Open Letter to Health Ministers Across Canada to Take Action to Protect Public Health Care

Protect Public Health Care for all Canadians: Stop Private Clinics and Unlawful User-fees and Extra-billing of Patients The Ontario Health Coalition, in partnership with the provincial and territorial health coalitions and the Canadian Health Coalition, has been working tirelessly to bring an end to the unlawful extra-billing of patients by private health clinics and stop the privatization of health care services. Private clinics undermine public health care and […]

Law Commission of Ontario: Past and Future 

Law Commission of Ontario: Past and Future  2018 marks the 10-year anniversary of the LCO’s first ever law reform report. Of the many milestones celebrated in the decade since LCO published its first law reform report in 2008, Executive Director Nye Thomas says he’s most proud of the way law reform agency has evolved while […]

New Initiatives from Ontario Securities Commission

New Initiatives from Ontario Securities Commission – Monday December 2, 2018  National Investor Research Study – This national investor research study was conducted in October. The study updates some of the findings from previous national surveys in 2015 and 2016. Also, new questions around new or emerging areas were asked and subject areas included retirement […]

Ontario Retirement Communities Association Media Release

ONTARIO RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION WANTS COMMITMENT FOR SENIORS Senior Services Benefit would support seniors to stay in the community longer May 2, 2018 (Oakville) The Ontario Retirement Communities Association (ORCA) wants a commitment from all parties this election to help seniors with a Senior Services Benefit. “By 2036 there will be over 5 million seniors in […]