Government & Policy

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe (pictured) has unveiled his government’s new blueprint for healthcare, which he says is focused on improving access across the province. The 25-page plan, titled Patients First Healthcare Plan, lays out more than 50 actions the government will take to ensure Saskatchewan residents are “receiving the right care in the right place at the right time,” Moe said. Read More

EDMONTON - Alberta health minister Nate Horner’s (pictured) Budget 2026, delivered last week, included $1.9 billion in new funding across the healthcare system, bringing the total health system spending to $34.4 billion. The budget included the following major items: Read More

MIRAMICHI, NB - The government of New Brunswick has released a strategy to develop a more modern, connected and patient-centred digital health system. The strategy includes expanding the “digital front door”, enabling individuals and families to access health records, book appointments and connect with care teams. Read More

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Health is trucking boxes of Nova Scotians’ paper health records to Ontario to be digitized by a private company. A Nova Scotia Health employee said 900 boxes of records are to be trucked to Iron Mountain in Toronto to be scanned and converted to electronic form. Read More

OTTAWA – Canada Health Infoway announced that PrescribeIT, its program for e-prescribing among physicians and pharmacists, will be shut down as of May 29. It was established to support safer, more efficient prescribing, but it didn’t achieve the scale or a successful funding formula required for long-term sustainability. Read More

OTTAWA - The federal government is reviving legislation that would allow digital health information to be shared safely across electronic systems, giving both patients and providers access to more comprehensive medical records. The Connected Care for Canadians Act was introduced in June 2024 and passed first reading, but the bill died when Parliament was later prorogued. Read More

EDMONTON - Alberta doctors say the provincial government’s decision to broaden parental and guardian access to their children’s medical records could put youth at risk of harm and infringes on their privacy. Read More

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s auditor general says the government must be more transparent about the performance of the health system. Read More

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Health Authority listed a project on SaskTenders, the provincial procurement website, earlier this month, inviting bids to create a service to anonymously report when “employees and others are suspected of violating SHA policies, codes of conduct or conflict of interest rules.” Read More