RNAO AGM June 20-21, 2024 at Toronto Hilton Hotel.
-Schedule of meetings 2023-2024 - confirmed as Oct. 1
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Information -National Pharmacare Program.
As you have heard in the news, the federal government has been in a discussion with the opposition parties in Ottawa. - We have just been informed that our MP will not be able to present an update on the federal Pharmacare program as this time, until the federal legislation is tabled. The federal government is in the middle of the negotiations, for example, with the federal NDP party in order to develop the legislation that will be presented at the House of Commons in Ottawa in a few weeks or months, such details cannot be confirmed at this time.
In the past few weeks, this topic became so important for some federal politicians, that it has shown up quite a bit in the media. The pharmacare negotiations are happening at a higher level, with the federal Ministry of health, and the office of the Prime Minister with the leaders of the NDP, and other federal parties.
== >> on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, we hosted a discussion about the Pharmacare program. So, we are including two PDF documents attached that you will be able to read, these documents are from RNAO home office. Also, i have added other links regarding Pharmacare in Canada ( FYI ).
On behalf of the RNAO Sudbury Chapter President, Michael Roach.
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RNAO March 2019 here
Federal report 2019: here ici-FR
A report from the National Association of Federal Retirees (Federal Retirees) here
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Opioid Crisis
more information to be posted
RNAO website information available here
CBC North May 2023 here
Sudbury Star June 2023 here
Community Drug Strategy - Sudbury here
Réseau Access Network - harm reduction here
Other policy documents related to the opioid overdose crisis:
- Letter: ODSP Letter from RNAO to Premier Ford, July 2022
- End the opioid overdose crisis in 2020, March 2020
- We must also remember those who didn’t survive, February 2020
- New regulations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, October 2020
- Letter: Expedite the passage of Bill 105, the Mandatory Police Training Act, 2019, December 2019
- Demand an end to overdose deaths in Windsor Action Alert, November 2019
- Re: EC7.10 Implementation of Coroner's Recommendations from the Faulkner and Chapman, September 2019
- Learning from the deaths of Grant Faulkner and Bradley Chapman, September 2019.
- RNAO Submission to the Toronto Board of Health: Saving Lives with a Public Health Approach to Drug Policy, September 2018
- Implementing Supervised Injection Services, February 2018.
- Engaging Clients Who Use Substances, March 2015
- Supporting Clients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment, July 2009