News and Analysis
In support of our campaigns and organizing, we publish insightful research and hard-hitting analysis and keep our members and supporters informed.
PRESS RELEASE: Feds’ intent to cut pharmacare “unacceptable,” say health care advocates
Health Minister urged by 65 civil society organizations to expand program to other provinces, make funding permanent as new cost-of-living ...
Danielle Smith admitted she wants to ‘throw out’ Canada’s public health care law
On a 2021 podcast, the Alberta premier wondered aloud if privatizing health care would require breaking federal law. Despite learning ...
American-Style Health Care Comes To Canada | Discussion w/ Nikolas Barry-Shaw
American-style for-profit health care is coming to Canada in a real way through Alberta’s Bill 11. The Council of Canadians' ...
‘Pandora’s box’: Danielle Smith and insurance giants unleash attack on healthcare
Originally published on the Breach on April 16th, 2026. “This could end Canadian medicare as we know it.” That’s the ...
On the Frontline for Pharmacare in Edmonton
Report Back from the Rally for Medicare I spent the last week on the streets of Edmonton, where I joined ...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Pharmacare under threat of Liberal government cuts, directly affected patients react
Don’t Put Pharmacare on Ice to Appease Trump, Says Council of Canadians ...
After prorogation, pharmacare hangs in the balance
With the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a federal election looming, the future of pharmacare is hanging in ...
Parliament is prorogued – now what?
Trudeau is resigning. Key bills like clean water and emissions caps are dead. Read our take on what’s at stake ...
Key pharmacare committee slips out of the clutches of Big Pharma
Last week, the federal government announced the members of the Committee of Experts who will oversee the national pharmacare program ...
MEDIA RELEASE: Council of Canadians welcomes pharmacare committee announcement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA – The Council of Canadians is pleased that the newly announced Committee of Experts on national ...
The road to pharmacare: How grassroots organizing led to a national victory
Grassroots organizing by the Council of Canadians played a crucial role in securing a national, single-payer pharmacare plan ...
Will Premier holt implement Pharmacare and a Fracking ban for New Brunswick?
New Brunswickers voted last month in an early provincial election, resulting in a Liberal majority government under leader Susan Holt ...
