Update: The Judgment was released on May 10, 2024 and is available on the BCSC website: Hoogerbrug v. British Columbia, 2024 BCSC 794 – 2024/05/10 Dr. Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - November 19, 2023. ...

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Don’t FIPPA your PIPA without knowing this when it comes to personal health information.

Vancouver, BC – May 3, 2010 When it comes to the privacy of personal health information everyone in British Columbia needs to know how FIPPA (also known as FOIPPA) is different from PIPA, and the same may apply in other jurisdictions across ...

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Dr Eric Cadesky becomes new President-Elect Doctors Of BC

... fo the president and officer elections was 24% in 2002, 10% in 2014 (and about 16% in 2017) In the 2014 election, Peace ... These numbers help us appreciate the 50% turnout for the 2015 election between Drs. Alan Ruddiman and Brian Day and the 25% turnout for ...

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Has the BC Medical Association been stolen from the members?

Doctors and members of the BC Medical Association (Doctors Of BC) are asking what is happening at the helm of the BCMA? Some are saying they think the new CEO Allan Seckel is not good for the Association and a sign that bad things are happening to the ...

Forum topic - zessak - 2021-12-09 14:07 - 6 comments - 0 attachments - 1 group

More than 400 doctors attend Bill 36 HPOA Webinar by Doctors of BC

Update (April 16, 2024): Almost a year has passed and the association Doctors Of BC still has not ... not? Dr. Zafar Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - May 3, 2023. How important is Bill 36, the new Health Professions and Occupations ... the Doctors of BC Townhall Webinar on Tuesday April 25, 2023 at 6:30 pm. This, in the middle of the week, while doctors are trying to ...

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BC Doctors Urged to Reject the 2012 Physician Master Agreement

... BCMA and I served on the BCMA for ten years from 1993 to 2002. I served on the BCMA Board of Directors for five years and on the BCMA ...

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The future of medicine and health care in BC and Canada: Where are we going?

... with the goal of a GP for everyone in BC who wants one by 2015 - a goal that has not been met. We do not hear the BC Minister of ... increase will drop to 3 per cent. 2015-12-14 Vancouver Sun, BC Health Ministry wants second IT opinion ...

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Delegation to Campbell River City Council on concerns arising from HPOA

... the Campbell River City Council meeting on February 29, 2024, a delegation of physician Dr Anna Kindy and retired naturopath Dr Ingrid ... when the UBCM meets this year, on September 16-20, 2024. With only 5 minutes they present some major concerns with the ...

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What loud bells will wake BC doctors and the public to the dangers of Bill 36, the HPOA?

Dr. Zafar Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - November 6, 2023. There is a sleeping sickness throughout our land. It has found its ... Passing of the Act in the BC legislature in November 2022 was an abuse of power. The use of early closure of debate in Parliament ...

Forum topic - zessak - 2024-04-13 14:35 - 1 comment - 0 attachments - 1 group

Documentary "Duty To Document" highlights the erosion of democracy in BC, in Canada, and around the World

Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver BC - June 6, 2021. This is a very important and timely documentary illustrating from our ... . It highlights the "triple delete scandal" from 2015 when it came to light the BC Government was improperly deleting email ...

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