Take-home cancer medications – taken either by pill or self-injection – are now a fundamental part of modern cancer treatment and are improving patients’ outcomes in nearly every type of cancer. Yet in Ontario, people younger than 65 years who are facing a cancer diagnosis (or progression) must navigate a maze of financial and administrative challenges to access innovative and effective take-home cancer treatments that
Category: Elections
CCSN asks questions of parties and candidates during the 2021 Federal Election
Update Sept. 21, 2021: To view the official responses we received from Federal Candidates visit the 2021 Federal Election Campaign page. During the Canadian 2021 federal election, the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network is once again asking questions of Canadian political parties and candidates. This time, our questions concern the ongoing impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on cancer care, as well as EI
RELEASE: Provincial Health Coalitions Put Federal Parties on Notice: Canadians Demand Real Action to Fix Long-Term Care
Republished from Ontario Health Coalition (original article) (Canada-wide) – With a federal election called for September 20, provincial Health Coalitions across Canada are putting all federal political parties on notice. The federal government could have already set real national standards for long-term care in legislation or an emergency federal-provincial-territorial funding accord with sufficient funding attached to leverage real change. Instead, nothing has happened. Canadians expect