Ontario Premier Doug Ford officially launched his re-election campaign in Windsor, Wednesday in front of the Ambassador Bridge. Standing at the podium in front of a "Protect Ontario" sign, he told the crowd that he couldn't imagine a better place to start his campaign than the manufacturing city. He asked the people of Ontario for "their trust" and for a "strong stable four-year mandate to do whatever it takes" to protect the province. The entire campaign kick-off was focused on Trump's potential tariffs. Ford also mentioned priorities such as cutting red tape and streamlining approvals to "get big things built fast" and "fighting the job-killing Liberal carbon tax." At no point in his campaign launch speech did Ford mention Ontario's crisis in health care. Read More

The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) claims that our provincial health-care system purposely discriminates against Indigenous persons with its liver transplant eligibility policies. The claim is ludicrous and unsupported by evidence — but that hasn’t stopped the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) from agreeing to hear a class complaint over it. Read More