Health care workers enter Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., on March 26, 2026 (Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail)Jennifer Gauthier/The Globe and Mail
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April 1 marked the start of a new regime to regulate health care in B.C. – the first overhaul of the system in 30 years. The Globe’s health reporter and columnist André Picard describes it as the biggest change in the regulation of health professionals the country has ever seen.
Today, André explains the changes now implemented – including amalgamation, disciplinary changes and punishment for misinformation – why the B.C. government says they’re necessary, and why some of them have caused controversy.
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