Pharmacists file proposed lawsuit against Shoppers alleging practices compromised customer care theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Do companies keep their job-creation promises after receiving government subsidies? Ottawa won’t say theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Provinces signal growing backlash against exclusive deals between insurers and pharmacies after deal between Manulife and Shoppers causes furore, by Susan Krashinsky Robertson Chris Hannay Clare O'Hara theglobeandmail.com/business/artic… via Report on Business

Provinces signal growing backlash against exclusive deals between insurers and pharmacies theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

The latest on preferred provider networks as Chris Hannay Susan Krashinsky Robertson and I continue to report on exclusive deals between insurers and large pharmacies. Yesterday, the Ontario College of Pharmacists voiced serious concerns about these deals/via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Ontario College of Pharmacists seeks restrictions on exclusive deals with insurers theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Excited and humbled to share I've been nominated for a National Newspaper Award for editorial writing.
Also, belated Twitter announcement: last year I started writing editorials.

Auto insurers face pushback over preferential deals with health care providers theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Manulife drug plan members continue to face barriers when trying to fill prescriptions at pharmacies of their choice w/ Susan Krashinsky Robertson Chris Hannay /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Manulife drug plan members continue to face barriers when trying to fill prescriptions at pharmacies of their choice theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

Globe editorial board on the axing of the First-Time Home Buyer Incentive Program and the Canada Digital Adoption Program: good riddance.

Mobbed. Robbed. Blasted with bear spray: Toronto small business owners describe alarming commercial break-ins thestar.com/news/gta/mobbe… via Toronto Star

Interesting details and timeline here on Neighbourly's private-equity backer taking the company private

Women still minority among ranks of managers and entrepreneurs, Chamber of Commerce says theglobeandmail.com/business/small…

New from me: The federal government is gutting a program under which departments fund innovation and buy from startups, as part of cost-cutting efforts. Innovative Solutions Canada has never come close to meeting its $113.8 million spending requirement.
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Really interesting report on the progress of programs from Ottawa, banks and nonprofits to support Black entrepreneurs:

Ontario will be getting its first plasma collection centre that pays donors by the end of the year.

For more background on today's news, here's a deeper look I wrote about the business model of private plasma collectors: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Ontario approves Spanish pharmaceutical firm Grifols paying plasma donors despite ban theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…