CBC: Ontario doctors vote to reject tentative physician services agreement
Four-year deal would have increased $11.5-billion physician services budget by 2.5 per cent a year
Read MoreTerence Corcoran (National Post): Ontario’s minister of monopoly
This coming Sunday, Ontario’s doctors will meet and vote on a proposed compensation agreement between their ersatz union, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Wynne Liberal government. It is shaping up as one of the most important events in the modern history of health care in the province.
Read MoreToronto Star: Doctors accuse OMA of pressing members to vote for deal
Doctors opposed to tentative OMA deal with government step up their fight ahead of Sunday’s vote.
Read MoreThe Globe and Mail: Coalition of Ontario Doctors urges colleagues to reject deal with province
A coalition of Ontario doctors is stepping up its campaign to reject the tentative four-year agreement between the government and the Ontario Medical Association, charging the deal is vague and could result in cuts higher than the $200-million already laid out in it.
Read MoreNational Post: Terence Corcoran: Judge rules OMA ‘sneaky’ in bid to have doctors ratify deal with province
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice invalidated the OMA proxy form, concluding it needed to be re-issued with fairer and more balanced language.
Read MoreCoalition of Ontario Doctors Communiqué
Physician Coalition Petition Forces OMA to Cancel PSA Voting Referendum
Read MoreOAC President on CTV News Toronto re: TPSA
Earlier today, OAC President Dr. Jim Swan was interviewed as part of a CTV News Toronto story regarding the growing opposition to the TPSA.
Read MoreOntario Cardiologists Call on Auditor General of Ontario to Investigate Misuse of Public Resources
Today, the Ontario Association of Cardiologists (OAC) issued an open letter to Ms. Bonnie Lysyk, Auditor General of Ontario, calling on her to investigate the provincial government’s spending in cardiac care and report on what the association considers to be a serious misuse of public resources.
Read MoreOpen Letter to Auditor General of Ontario
Re: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care Misuse of Public Resources
Read More2016 Budget Fails to Address Ontario’s #1 Killer: Heart Disease
The 2016 Ontario Budget, tabled in the Ontario Legislature by Finance Minister Charles Sousa today, revealed that the Wynne government has no plan to fight Ontario’s #1 killer: heart disease.
Read MoreSubmission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
OAC President Dr. Jim Swan delivers remarks at Queen’s Park
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OAC Board member Dr. Murray Matangi speaks out on government cuts
Psychiatrist Janet McCulloch and opthamologist Don Smallman are among the Kingston-area doctors raising alarm over cuts to fees paid to physicians. (Elliot Ferguson/The Whig-Standard)
Read MoreOntario’s Cardiac Care Infrastructure Collapsing Due to Government Budget Cuts
Outpatient-based cardiac care in Ontario is on the brink of collapse due to drastic and ill-considered budget cuts by the Wynne government. These cuts, imposed unilaterally by the Wynne government in February, April and October without input from the Ontario Association of Cardiologists (OAC), have begun to damage the infrastructure that supports access to outpatient…
Read MoreOAC Launches Congestive Heart Failure Initiative
Congestive heart failure is at epidemic proportions in Canada and the story told by the numbers is very depressing.
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