Ontario Fast-Tracking Access to Six Breakthrough Cancer Drugs

THE MEDICAL RECORD: ONTARIO FAST-TRACKING ACCESS TO SIX BREAKTHROUGH CANCER DRUGS Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Malcolm Moore, Medical Oncologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and former head of BC Cancer; Dr. Fahad Razak, general internist at St. Michael's Hospital and Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics at the University of Toronto; and Dr. Alisa Naiman a family doctor practicing comprehensive primary care in Toronto. They discussed Ontario fast tracking access to six breakthrough cancer drugs and other medical stories. CANADA'S TAX SYSTEM PUNISHES LOW-INCOME SENIORS Libby Znaimer is joined by Gabriel Giguère, Senior Policy Analyst at the Montreal Economic Institute and Jamie Golombek, Managing Director, Tax & Estate Planning, CIBC Financial Planning & Advice to discuss a new report from the Montreal Economic Institute that finds the current tax-and-benefit system disadvantages low-income seniors. MARINELAND SET TO SEND WHALES TO USA PARKS Libby Znaimer is joined by Erin Ryan, Wildlife Campaign Manager with World Animal Protection and Alexandra Pester, Staff Lawyer with Animal Justice, Canada’s only national animal law advocacy organization, to discuss Marineland getting “conditional approval” from Ottawa to send its remaining whales and dolphins to institutions in the USA.