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Raisa Patel

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National politics reporter for the Toronto Star. Tips? Find me at rapatel@thestar.ca. Extra crispy vocal fry.

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · yesterday

I went to Montreal to talk to Canada’s health minister Marjorie Michel about the dying days of the Trudeau government, Carney’s leadership, and whether health care even fits into his trade-oriented agenda. Via @thestar.com www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Mark Carney’s health minister says she’s got serious work to do: ‘I’m not here to be a star’

Marjorie Michel sits at a cabinet table chaired by a prime minister who has both preserved and undone the legacy of the predecessor she faithfully served.

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 3w ago

What’s more, if Alberta fails to address concerns that its law potentially violates the Canada Health Act, Ottawa may trigger a process to slap discretionary penalties on the province: something a federal government has never done before.

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3w ago

Federal health minister Marjorie Michel warns Alberta’s plan to expand private care may violate federal law. Bill 11 allows some physicians to provide publicly covered care while offering some privately paid services, by @raisapatel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/hea... via @thestar.com

Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · last mo.

Why hasn't the federal government weighed in on Alberta's public-private health care law? Health advocates think sensitivity around separatism is to blame. 👇

Private billing law for doctors threatens universal health care, critics charge

Alberta's Health Statutes Amendment Act could create a "dual-practice" framework allowing physicians to provide publicly insured care and privately paid services.

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · last mo.

Private billing law for doctors threatens universal health care, critics charge. Alberta’s “dual-practice” framework would allow physicians to provide publicly insured care and privately paid services, by @raisapatel.bsky.social www.thestar.com/politics/fed... via @thestar.com

Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The last federal budget promised to launch an office to oversee AI adoption across the federal government. Nearly seven months later, it still doesn’t exist. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Where is Mark Carney’s promised ‘Office of Digital Transformation’?

The office was touted in last fall's federal budget as a “generational opportunity for domestic innovators” to “proactively identify, implement, and scale technology solutions across the federal gover...

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW: Parliamentary record appears to show Michael Ma was indeed referring to Xinjiang during a contentious committee meeting, despite his assertion he was referring to the city of Shenzhen. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Parliamentary record contradicts Liberal MP’s claim about forced labour comments

Michael Ma was given the opportunity to correct the official transcript of his comments in a Parliamentary committee meeting and didn’t do so, the office of the Speaker of the

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

During my first week at the Star, I spoke to @avilewis.ca about his 2021 bid to become an NDP MP, and his ambitions beyond. He said he knew leadership was a "huge" burden to carry. The idea was "nowhere" in his mind. Here's @markramzy.bsky.social on the newest leader of the NDP. shorturl.at/eXWfR

Avi Lewis to lead NDP after successful populist, left-wing leadership campaign

The 58-year-old democratic socialist, longtime activist and filmmaker takes on the job his grandfather held more than 50 years ago.

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Online now: Could healthcare also be a nation-building project? I tested universal pharmacare against Ottawa’s criteria to see if a case could be made. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

If a mine is a nation-building project, why not universal pharmacare? Learn about the big push to get Mark Carney behind it

One policy expert said the right drug program could strengthen the labour market and end “job lock,” which traps people in unwanted jobs for fear of losing benefits.

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Raisa Patel@raisapatel.bsky.social · 11mo ago

From the Star's Ryan Tumilty: Toronto’s Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program (which the federal Conservatives want to abolish) to hire staff. www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Exclusive Tory club hires temporary foreign workers under program Pierre Poilievre vows to kill

Toronto's Albany Club, a bastion of the conservative establishment, used the temporary foreign worker program to hire staff.

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