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Canada Day is not a statutory holiday as July 1 is Memorial Day. Provincial statutory. Memorial Day (July 1) Armistice Day (Remembrance Day) (November 11) Optional. The following is a list of designated paid holidays for government employees. [55] Saint Patrick's Day (March 17) Saint George's Day (April 23) Victoria Day (Monday preceding May 25)
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June 8 and 9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. [10] June 11 to 17 – 2018 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship were held in St. Catharines, Ontario. [11] June 19 – The Parliament of Canada passes the final version of the Cannabis Act to legalize recreational use of cannabis. It will take effect on October 17. [12]
The third main film used to advertise the launch of the NHS was a much briefer, information short, centred on the use of voice-over and a combination of still and moving images to encourage members of the public to register with an NHS GP before the National Health Service Act came into force on 5 July 1948.
Since 1998, Canada's successive multibillion-dollar budget surpluses have allowed a significant injection of new funding to the healthcare system, with the stated goal of reducing waiting times for treatment. [citation needed] However, this may be hampered by the return to deficit spending as of the 2009 Canadian federal budget. [citation needed]
In August 2000, the Labour government announced the NHS Plan 2000, then known as the "NHS Plan", which was described as the "biggest shake up of the NHS since it was established in 1948". [2] The plan was described in an opinion piece for the British Medical Journal as "As good as it gets—make the most of it" [3]
List of Recessions in Canada [2] Name Start End The Great Depression: April 1929 February 1933 Recession of 1937–1938: November 1937 June 1938 [3] Recession of 1949: August 1947 March 1948 Recession of 1951: April 1951 December 1951 Recession of 1953: July 1953 July 1954 Recession of 1958: March 1957 January 1958 Recession of 1960–1961 ...
Hospitals have consistently been the top healthcare expenditure representing 26.6% of total healthcare expenditures in Canada in 2018. [33] Hospital capacity in Canada peaked in 1970. Since then, per-capita hospital bed capacity has been reduced by 63%. [108] Hospital care is delivered by publicly funded hospitals in Canada.