[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Lack of firm deadlines for the provinces result in lengthy time lags in accessing treatment – which for some women could be a matter of life and death […]
Category: Communiqués
Employment insurance: Vital for patients
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] 2015 Federal Elections: The Coalition calls for the extension of employment insurance benefits. […]
Reduce tobacco use thanks to bill 44
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] The Coalition Priorité Cancer au Québec supports Bill 44 designed to intensify the battle against smoking in Quebec. However, the Coalition is of the opinion that legislation alone will not be enough and that further measures are needed to significantly reduce smoking. […]
Reaction to the federal budget
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Enhancements to Employment Insurance for family caregivers. A step in the right direction. However, the Coalition regrets the fact that there is little support for patients themselves, since no plans have been made to improve the Employment Insurance Act adopted more than 40 years ago (1971), which only grants 15 […]
The recipients of the 4th edition of Pat Burns award
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Today, seven exceptional natural caregivers were honoured before a crowd of over 300 people who attended the 7th National Conference to Defeat Cancer in the course of the 4th edition of the Pat Burns award in Montreal. […]
La Coalition espère des mesures fiscales pour aider les personnes touchées par le cancer
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] La Coalition Priorité Cancer au Québec commentera le budget que présentera le ministre des Finances du Québec jeudi prochain. La Coalition se dit inquiète quant aux effets que pourraient provoquer les compressions budgétaires […]
Budget 2015-2016: Des conséquences inévitables sur l’accès aux services de santé
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] La Coalition Priorité Cancer au Québec est convaincue que la limitation à 1,4 % de la hausse des dépenses publiques dans le secteur de la santé aura des conséquences négatives sur l’accès aux soins. […]