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.

B.C. moves to scrap mandatory doctor’s notes for minor illnesses By Simon Little Global News Posted April 15, 2025 4:45 pm Updated April 15, 2025 9:06 pm ...

B.C. NDP introduces legislation to eliminate sick notes for short-term absences Doctors have long been raising concerns that time spent signing sick notes and handling other administrative tasks ...