The final communique from this week’s Council of the Federation talks makes a few things clear about how provinces and territories feel about pharmacare: they don’t all intend to participate in a federal drug plan, and those that do aren’t interested in sharing the cost of it.
Tag: “voluntary”
Voluntary sodium targets not being met by processed food industry
Health Canada says its strategy to get some of the salt out of processed foods has produced a reduction in sodium “much lower than anticipated.”
Charring, melting laptop batteries cause HP to issue voluntary recall
HP’s Envy 13 Ultrabook. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Those who have purchased a new HP laptop in the past two years should take note of the company’s latest voluntary recall. HP announced that it’s recalling batteries for select laptop models, including some in the ProBook, Envy, and ZBook families. The company received eight reports of these […]
80% of voluntary Fukushima evacuees unwilling to return home – survey
Published time: 26 Apr, 2017 03:53 A vast majority of Fukushima voluntary evacuees are not planning to move back to their homes out of fear of radiation despite the government declaring living conditions in the prefecture to be “good”, a new government survey has discovered. Some 78.2 percent of “voluntary” evacuees households have no intention […]
“Unenforceable”: How voluntary net neutrality lets ISPs call the shots
A November 2014 rally at the White House. Public input played an important role in the net neutrality debate. (credit: Stephen Melkisethian) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai reportedly wants to get rid of the FCC’s net neutrality rules and replace them with “voluntary” commitments from ISPs. The theory goes something like this: as long […]
FCC chair wants to replace net neutrality with “voluntary” commitments
Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaks during a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on March 8, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai reportedly met with broadband industry lobby groups this week to discuss his plans for eliminating net neutrality rules. Instead of the FCC continuing to enforce net neutrality […]
