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Stephanie Mosher, Vice President Western Canada  We applaud the Manitoba government and Minister Cameron Friesen for making the surgical backlog a top priority in yesterday’s budget.  The $110 million investment announced in the budget is good news for the thousands of...

Trish Barbato, President and CEO   We welcome the announcement of a new Innovation and Investment Agency in yesterday’s federal budget.  Supporting research and innovation in health care is how we will find new treatments, inventions and ultimately cures for conditions...

Jone Mitchell  - Executive Director, Atlantic Region We’re pleased today’s budget includes important and specific investments in health care. Investments in primary care, funding for new drug therapies and support to encourage physical activity is positive news for the residents...

Jone Mitchell  Executive Director, Atlantic Region  We were pleased to see a $5.7 billion investment in health care announced in yesterday’s Nova Scotia budget. We thank Finance Minister Allan McAllister for helping people living with arthritis who have been waiting in pain...

Stephanie Mosher   Vice President, Western Canada  We’re pleased the 2022-23 Saskatchewan budget, released March 23, included a record investment in health care – it is much needed.   We were also pleased to see Finance Minister Donna Harpauer announce an increase...

Trish Barbato  President and CEO, Arthritis Society As the voice of the six million Canadians living with arthritis, the Arthritis Society is pleased to hear a Canada Pharmacare Act will be passed by the end of next year. We have long supported the call for a national pharmacare plan...

Jone Mitchell Executive Director, Atlantic Region We’re pleased today’s budget places a significant focus on health care and applaud Finance Minister Ernie Steeves and the Government of New Brunswick for committing to such a large investment. Minister Steeves&rsquo...

Arthritis can’t wait, and that’s why we’re pleased to see to today’s report on surgery wait times from the Ontario Medical Association. The recommendations align with the Arthritis Society’s own report on joint replacement wait times, released in July 2021, that...

Re: These experts say there are solutions to Ontario's huge health-care backlog that go outside the norm CBC News online Jan. 31, 2022 We agree that we need to start thinking outside the box to find solutions to the problems we’re currently facing in healthcare – many of...