ZOOMER SQUAD: BILL 7 CHARTER CHALLENGE & REACTION TO DR. MOORE UNMASKED AT PUBLIC INDOOR EVENT

Libby Znaimer is joined by Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine, David Cravit, Chief Membership Officer of CARP, and Bill VanGorder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Policy Officer of CARP.

Today: the squad reacts to a charter challenge being launched by the Ontario Health Coalition with regards to the provinces' Bill 7 calling it "an unprecedented and egregious deprivation” of seniors’ rights and liberties. As a result of this law, hospital patients have begun to be charged a $400 per day penalty if they refuse being transferred to a long-term care facility not of their choice. And, in other controversial news, Dr. Moore faced backlash for attending a Toronto Life event last week while unmasked. Photos of the incident circulated on social media and it came shortly after he made a strong recommendation to the public to mask up in indoor public settings stopping short of an official mask mandate. Our panel weighs in.

ALMOST 20 PER CENT FAMILY DOCS PLAN ON CLOSING THEIR PRACTICES IN NEXT FIVE YEARS: STUDY

Libby Znaimer is joined by Dr. Sohail Gandhi, a family physician and a past president of the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) as well as Dr. Alisa Naiman, a family physician with the Medical Station Clinic in Toronto.

A recent study published in the "Canadian Family Physician" and based on a survey of family docs from 2021 showed that as many as 17.5 percent of respondents had intentions to close their practices in the next five years. There are roughly 1.8 million without a family doc and who are relying on walk-in medical clinics instead. So, how did we get to this point? Our physician guests weigh in.

OHC CHARTER CHALLENGE OVER FEES FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS REFUSING LTC PLACEMENT

Libby Znaimer is joined by Natalie Mehra, Executive Director of the Ontario Health Coalition.

Starting this past Sunday, hospital patients were getting charged a fee of $400 per day if they refused to be transferred to a long-term care facility not of their choosing. The fines are implemented as a consequence of Bill 7 (or the More Beds Better Care Act). Now, the Ontario Health Coalition is launching a charter challenge calling the act an  “unprecedented and egregious deprivation” of seniors’ rights and liberties. Ms. Mehra explains.

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