Students have told me they faked medical notes because they were too sick to get to a doctor's office, or felt that they could not afford the $15, $25, or more that a medical note costs.

CBC News · Posted: Oct 01, 2012 2:55 PM PDT | Last Updated: October 1, 2012 ...

Doctors in Nova Scotia are appealing to employers to waive their sick-note policies during the swine flu pandemic. Dr. Rick Gibson, chief of the Department of Family Practice for the Capital ...

That said, limiting insistence on a doctor’s note through amendments to Bill 146 would greatly reduce the current strain on our health care system. The time for action is now.