Health Care Privatization
The federal government must enforce the letter and the spirit of the Canada Health Act and enact strong penalties on provinces that allow private clinics. Federal and provincial governments need to work together to ensure a strengthened public health care system that provides timely, quality health care services to all Canadians, not just for those who can afford to pay.
Tell Doug Ford: We want public pharmacare, not privatized health care!
Stop playing politics with our health. It’s time to support national pharmacare and ensure everyone can afford their medications! ...
National Phone Zap #2: Public Pharmacare Now, End Privatization! February 12
Join us for lunchtime phone zap on February 12, as the CHC lobby gets underway. We need public pharmacare now ...
Health care “innovation” roadshow a smokescreen for privatization
Last week I attended the final stop of a national town hall series hosted by the Canadian Medical Association and ...
TODAY: Public health defenders rally outside pro-privatization town hall
"Instead of asking how we can invest more resources into our strained public health care system, these consultations are reviving ...
Stopping Parliament’s echo-chamber on privatization
The halls of power are an echo chamber. I watched this in action last week — and realized how desperately ...
Supreme Court of Canada upholds B.C.’s Medicare Protection Act in landmark decision protecting public health care
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s (CSC) attempt to overturn previous decisions made by BC’s courts ...
Thank you for taking action on pharmacare – your letter has been sent!
Thank you – your letter to the editor has been sent! Thank you! Now amplify your activism in two ways: ...
Ford unveils latest plan to privatize surgeries
Are you ready to pull out your credit card the next time you need a hip replacement or cataract surgery? ...