Bill 7
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B.C. tariff bill changes as Eby admits province ‘didn’t get the balance right’B.C. Premier David Eby and Attorney General Niki Sharma will hold a press conference on Friday morning to provide an update on Bill 7.PoliticsMar 28
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Charter challenge fails for law that forces Ontario patients into long-term care bedsSuperior Court Justice Robert Centa says Bill 7 is making more hospital beds available faster and is not coercive or interfering with patients' liberty, dignity and autonomy.PoliticsJan 27
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Ontario nursing home law violates Charter, advocates allege in lawsuitAdvocates allege in a lawsuit that a controversial Ontario long-term care law violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.CanadaApr 13, 2023
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Kingston, Ont. seniors concerned over bill that could force long-term care livingSome seniors in the city feel that the provincial government is dictating where they can live.HealthNov 23, 2022
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How effective is the Ontario law that allows fines for patients who refuse pre-arranged LTC beds?Several Toronto-area hospitals told Global News they had not used the controversial powers in Bill 7 to force alternative level of care patients to move, nor had they issued fines.HealthNov 21, 2022
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Advocates for elderly patients vow Charter challenge to Ontario LTC lawNatalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, describes the More Beds Better Care Act as 'fundamentally discriminatory' against the frail and elderly.HealthNov 20, 2022
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St. Thomas, Ont. hospital bracing for winter amid bed, staff shortage, rising COVID-19 patientsWith a looming flu season, the hospital says the lack of available beds and the lengthy ER wait times it has been experiencing likely won't subside soon.HealthOct 27, 2022
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Independent conservative MPP slams Ontario government’s health-care law as ‘coercion’Haldimand-Norfolk MPP Bobbi Ann Brady voted against Bill 7 in the Ontario legislature because she is "unclear about its true intention."PoliticsSep 16, 2022
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London, Ont. widow speaks out against Bill 7 following husband’s deathJane Berges' late husband died in April after being “forcibly” transferred from the London Health Sciences Centre to a nursing home in the midst of a COVID-19 outbreak, she said.CanadaSep 2, 2022
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Red Deer diner’s ‘pick a washroom’ sign sparks outrageA sign in front of a central Alberta diner sparked outrage this week after people who saw it complained it was homophobic and transphobic.CanadaSep 16, 2016
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