[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: Press releases
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. […]
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. […]
Astronaut Steve MacLean at CHU Sainte-Justine
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Along with Darth Vader and his stormtroopers of the cult series Star Wars, astronaut Steve MacLean, patron of the 7th National Conference to Defeat Cancer, […]
Forced transfers from the 514 to 450 for treatments against cancer
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] Please find attached, the reaction of Coalition Priorité Cancer in Québec for the statements made today at the National Assembly by the Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Gaétan Barrette, in response to a question from MP Francois Paradis of the Coalition Avenir Québec. […]
Access to new cancer medications denied in Québec
[rescue_box color=”gray” text_align=”left” width=”100%” float=”none”] On the eve of the international day against cancer, February 4th, 2015, the Coalition Priority Cancer in Quebec denounces the serious problems of access to innovative therapeutics for Quebecers […]