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More than 400 doctors attend Bill 36 HPOA Webinar by Doctors of BC
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Update (April 16, 2024): Almost a year has passed and the association Doctors Of BC still has not made the recording of the webinar on Bill36/HPOA available for members to view. Why not?
Dr. Zafar Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - May 3, 2023.
How important is Bill 36, the new Health Professions and Occupations Act, to doctors, nurses, all health care professionals, and patients? Important enough that more than 400 doctors attended 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 finish work or balancing family and meal time. When was the last time you saw 400 doctors attend a meeting? We haven’t seen a number like that at the DOBC AGM for decades.
It was a very informative webinar organized by DOBC with over 100 questions from doctors to a panel of three Ministry of Health staff, as architects of Bill 36, followed by a panel of the DOBC: President, Dr. Josh Greggain; new CEO, Anthony Knight; staff lawyer, Deborah Viccars; and moderated by Marisa Adair, Director of Communications.
Canadian Medical Association 2022 AGM is fast approaching
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The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) 2022 AGM is fast approaching. It is to be a virtual event held on Sunday, August 21. There is still time to register until Tuesday, August 16.
What will this year's AGM be like? There have been several posts and comments by physician colleagues on the pages of Doclounge sharing thoughts on issues pertaining to the CMA and the upcoming AGM. Does the Annual Report lack important details? Why are there no detailed minutes from the last AGM for review and approval? Are new proposed Bylaw changes good or bad and why so little discussion?
CMA - 4 - 2022 AGM
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As the CMA AGM is upcoming - quickly - I have been marshalling my thoughts...
The last thought about CMA AGM's
The 2022 CMA AGM is Sunday August 21 2022 at 8am Pacific time. One does have to be a member to attend: must join or renew their memberships with the CMA before 5 pm PacificTime on Tues., Aug. 16. Non-members can observe... I encourage you to join, register, and vote. https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=678394&
CMA - 3 - 2021 AGM
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As the CMA AGM for 2022 is upcoming shortly, .....
I have been trying to recall the events of the AGM from last year. (I have to record this for myself, otherwise I can't remember - everything seems to take 10 minutes to come out of long-term storage these days.) Here it is - a long wade if you are interested. I may have remembered incorrectly or inadvertently made errors - corrections and comments are welcome.
CMA - 2 - 2022 pre-AGM Information Session
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The AGM of the CMA is Sunday Aug 21st. I guess we are all not concerned about meetings on Sunday anymore.
I thought I'd try to prepare myself this year, hence I signed up for one of two "CMA's pre-Annual General Meeting (AGM) information sessions" 90 minutes on a Monday afternoon. About 2 pages of attendees (? 50 people) of whom many appeared to be CMA staff and board. Chair was a CMA staffer who did a much better job than the physician chair of the 2021 AGM.
CMA - 1 - 2022 - Annual Report and Details
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As you know there are lots of interesting things going on at the CMA. I was trying to prepare myself for the AGM.
Canadian Medical Association Board breached principles of natural justice and fairness
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Dr Z. Essak, MD - Vancouver, BC - May 20, 2022
In a BC Supreme Court Judgment released on April 22, 2022 Justice Nathan Smith found that the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) Board breached principles of natural justice and procedural fairness when it suspended the membership of Dr Charles Webb denying him the opportunity to run as a candidate in the election for the BC nominee for CMA President-Elect in February 2022.
An appeal to heal the wounds from the past: 111 years ago, and from the 2021 CMA AGM
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September 30, 
2021
Open letter to CMA Board Chair
and CMA President-Elect.
Dr. Suzanne Strasberg, Board Chair, Canadian Medical Association,
The tweet by Dr. Alika Lafontaine, CMA President-Elect, and your re-tweet of his message leave many physician colleagues with the strong impression that some folks are slow to learn and apply the principles of fair democratic practice. Instead, the content reflects arrogance, bias, and contempt.
BCMA AGM - Unfunded liabilities?
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After the presentation of the Financial Reports at Saturday's AGM of the BCMA I asked Finance Committee Chair a couple of questions. As in the past, what interested me was what had been omitted rather than what had been included.
Page 2 of the 'white paper' report contains a listing of revenue and expenses, and under the latter heading was listed Consulting and Professional Fees in the amount of $998,101.00 This was further broken down on one of the projected slides as indicating that about $250K were 'legal' fees; but no further description.
BC Medical Association does NOT want members to attend the AGM on June 1st.
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Vancouver, BC - May 31, 2013 - Z. Essak
On June 1, 2013 the BC Medical Association will hold its Annual General Meeting in Vancouver, BC at the Pan Pacific Hotel. This is an opportunity for doctors across British Columbia to provide input and to ask important questions of their leadership.
Why then, would the “Platinum Sponsor” for this event, the Canadian Medical Association, schedule a conference on the same date and time as the BCMA AGM?
In fact, the BCMA is sponsoring doctors to attend the other conference instead of coming to the AGM.
Dr. Zafar Essak asks, “Why doesn't the BCMA want their members to attend the AGM? What have they got to hide? Is it because they don’t want to answer difficult questions from the members?”
Physicians providing front line care know where to find efficiencies and know how to make the health care system more effective with better patient outcomes. The problem is, they cannot speak out on your behalf without facing court actions by the Ministry of Health and being sued by their own Health Authorities.
