With the 10-year health care funding agreement between the federal, provincial and territorial authorities expiring at the end of March, health authorities and public health advocates are expressing concern about the erosion of national, universal health care as we know it. The 2004 Health Accord was a formal agreement between the federal and provincial governments, guaranteeing the latter an a...

The Committee expresses the desire to produce, on average, neither a net increase nor a net decrease in minimum regulatory capital, after allowing for operational risk. It is, however, difficult to see how, in practice, the Committee can calibrate the charges in such a way as to retain the current levels of capital, given the variety of approaches on offer, an uncertain migration path for many ...