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It is interesting to note that the Ontario Throne Speech echoes the logic of the Supreme Court's recent Chaoulli decision, which effectively said that patients had a right to timely access to health care. Implementation of that decision has been suspended until June, 2006 -- so Canadian policym...

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Published inNational post (Toronto)
Main Author Will Falk and Nadir Hirji
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Don Mills, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 19.10.2005
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Summary:It is interesting to note that the Ontario Throne Speech echoes the logic of the Supreme Court's recent Chaoulli decision, which effectively said that patients had a right to timely access to health care. Implementation of that decision has been suspended until June, 2006 -- so Canadian policymakers must now be actively considering how to deal with the court's judgment. Should a "Chaoulli guarantee" become one of several service standards that should be offered to Ontarians?
ISSN:1486-8008