Ontario requesting to reconsider OxyContin decision

Ontario is asking other provinces and territories to put pressure on the federal government to reconsider its decision not to ban generic forms of the painkiller OxyContin. A proposal to ship Alberta oil to Eastern Canada is winning support among the premiers, who are in Halifax to talk about the economy. Canada’s annual rate of inflation came in at 1.2 per cent for October — a little higher than expected, but unlikely to rise.