Provinces Posts

Expanded CPP is a good idea – but not right now, Flaherty says

November 14, 2013

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is describing an expanded Canada Pension Plan as a “payroll tax,” but says he can ...

Provincial Efforts Against Elder Abuse: Responses to CARP's Call for Action

September 7, 2013

Provincial efforts to fight against elder abuse CARP sent a letter to all provincial Justice Ministers earlier in ...

Provinces Respond to CARP Letters on Elder Abuse and Healthcare Reform

August 23, 2013

  Earlier this summer, we took our advocacy on healthcare reform and elder abuse directly to provincial ...

Provincial Responses to CARP’s December 2012 Open Letter on Pension Reform

June 13, 2013

In advance of the December 2012 meeting of Finance Ministers, CARP wrote an open letter calling for action on the 2010 ...

Breaking News: Nova Scotia's Provincial Budget

April 5, 2013

Nova Scotians are calling it the “Election budget” Its budget time across the country and this week’s Nova ...

The Case for a National Drug Strategy

September 20, 2012

September 21, 2012 - Canada’s premiers recently unveiled recommendations to improve health care as a part of their ...

Can We Expect Better Health Care Reform?

August 10, 2012

National health care reform is the issue of the year and decade. The federal government’s refusal to negotiate a new ...

Provinces must stand together on drug purchases

August 9, 2012

At the recent Council of the Federation meeting, the provinces (except Quebec) announced that they would begin bulk ...

First Council of the Federation Health Innovation Working Group Report

July 27, 2012

“From Innovation to Action: The First Report of the Health Care Innovation Working Group" July 27, 2012 - Yesterday ...

Ottawa pushes for national securities regulator within year

May 4, 2012

The federal government and most of the provinces and territories are currently working together in a renewed attempt to ...