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The Canada Health Act: An Overview

The Canada Health Act (CHA) states that This legislation, along with the Canada Health Transfer (CHT)2 that supports it, is the vehicle that … See more

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The Federal Role in Health and Health Care

WEBThe areas involving health in which the federal government is most directly involved are derived from three constitutional powers: the criminal law power; the …

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Indigenous People and Sentencing in Canada

WEBThe Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has recognized the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the Canadian prison and criminal justice …

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100 Years of Insulin – Diabetes in Canada

WEBExecutive Summary. The year 2021 marks 100 years since Drs. Banting and Best first isolated insulin at the University of Toronto. The discovery soon changed the …

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Private Member's Bill C-293 (44-1)

WEB(o) set out, in consultation with relevant ministers, a summary of key cooperative measures or agreements on disease outbreak prevention and preparedness …

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Federal Funding for Health Care

WEBIn 2019, public sources comprised 65.1% provincial financing (which includes the federal CHT) and 5.3% direct federal government, municipal government and social …

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Government Bill (House of Commons) C-64 (44-1)

WEBNational formulary. 8 (1) The Minister must, after discussions with the provinces and territories, request that the Canadian Drug Agency prepare, no later than …

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Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada

WEBAccording to mental health experts, between 10% and 20% of Canadian youth may be affected with a mental health illness or disorder. 1 While the prevalence of …

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Defining and Enumerating Homelessness in Canada

WEBNotes * This Background Paper is based on a publication by Havi Echenberg and Hilary Jensen, Defining and Enumerating Homelessness, Publication no. 08-30-E, …

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Canada’s Federal Privacy Laws

WEBNotes † Library of Parliament Background Papers provide in-depth studies of policy issues. They feature historical background, current information and references, …

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Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada

WEB2.2 Data on the Use of Early Learning and Child Care Services. In 2018–2019, approximately two-thirds of children aged 1 to 5 in Canada were in child care. An …

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Trafficking in Human Organs: An Overview

WEBEven though it is illegal in most countries, some estimates indicate that trafficked organs account for up to 10% of organ transplants performed around the …

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A Primer on Housing Rights in Canada

WEBTable 1 – Housing Rights in Provincial and Territorial Human Rights Codes; Province or Territory Human Rights Code Housing Rights; B.C. Human Rights Code, …

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The Opioid Crisis in Canada

WEB2.2 Hospitalizations. There were 27,604 opioid‑related poisoning hospitalizations across Canada (excluding Quebec) between January 2016 and the first half of 2021, 15 …

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Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada After Carter v. Canada

WEBExecutive Summary. In February 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada released Carter v.Canada (Attorney General), an important decision about the law on …

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Sport Canada and the Public Policy Framework for Participation …

WEBNotes * This Background Paper is a fully revised version of Marie‑Claude Langlois and Marion Ménard, Sport Canada and the Public Policy Framework for …

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A pas de deux: The Division of Federal and Provincial Legislative

WEBSee the Northwest Territories Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. N-27; the Yukon Act, S.C. 2002, c. 7; and the Nunavut Act, S.C. 1993, c. 28. [ Return to text] Peter W. Hogg, Constitutional Law of …

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Legislative Summary for Bill C-65

WEB1 Background. Bill C‑65, An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code (harassment and violence), the Parliamentary Employment and Staff Relations Act and …

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