Doctors Are Still the Best-Paid Self-Employed Professionals
Canadian Press reports on doctor incomes across Canada as provinces set fee schedules and confrontations with physicians intensify. In 1979 self employed doctors averaged 57 553 before taxes with taxable income about 44 275 far above typical workers. The piece notes calls for premium pay, debates over value, and potential job actions or arbitration to resolve disputes.
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Steve Kerstetter
Canada
Quebec
Leon Richard
The
Canadian Medical Association
Jim Hawkes
Commons
Canadian Health Coalition
Bernard Perey
Perey
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
Percy
Revenue Canada
Extra billing across Canada reveals varied doctor opt outs
The Canadian Medical Association reports provincial patterns in extra billing. Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island show selective opt outs. Nova Scotia and Alberta have notable opt out rates with direct patient charges. Quebec bans extra billing while Ontario and Saskatchewan show meaningful levels. The discussion includes arbitration options and the link between fees and income.
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New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Steps to access government information under Canada act
Ottawa reporters outline a four step method to use the access to information act. Readers learn to locate department indexes in libraries, draft a detailed request with fees, await a 30 day reply or appeal if needed, and be prepared to pay possible search and reproduction costs and face potential appeals through to court.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ontario
Information Commissioner
Supreme Court of Canada
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MacEachen’s six and five as sixes and fives budget plan
The piece roasts Allan MacEachen for a budget proposal that caps public service raises at six percent this year and five percent next year, cuts programs, and aims to save three billion dollars. It questions political survivability and accuses the government of missteps amid a deep deficit.
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Ottawa
Allan MacEachen
Winston Churchill
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
MacEachen
Federal Public Service
Trudeau
Grits
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Emmett Hall
Manitoba Medical Association
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Reagan
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