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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.

In the name of 'free trade' our public health care system is forced to swallow another poison pill

In the name of ‘free trade’ our public health care system is forced to swallow another poison pill

There has been a substantial amount of discussion surrounding the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union ...
Why we're fighting against two-tiered health care

Why we’re fighting against two-tiered health care

This month pro-medicare allies in Nova Scotia are fighting against two-tiered health care being promoted by the NS College of ...
Looming health care privatization in Ontario

Looming health care privatization in Ontario

Photo: Brady promotes the Peterborough Health Coalition joining the Ontario-wide referendum, March 11. Photo by Clifford Skarstedt/ Peterborough Examiner. ...
Council and allies mark end of 2004 Canada Health Accord

Council and allies mark end of 2004 Canada Health Accord

Photo: Adrienne Silnicki at the rally in Halifax. Clip from Global News. Council of Canadians activists across the ...
Harper is cutting the "jugular of public health care," says Barlow

Harper is cutting the “jugular of public health care,” says Barlow

The Council of Canadians, in coordination with the Canadian Health Coalition, is supporting the National Day of Action to protect ...
Council of Canadians joining National Day of Action against the federal Conservatives' abandonment of health care

Council of Canadians joining National Day of Action against the federal Conservatives’ abandonment of health care

The Council of Canadians, in coordination with the Canadian Health Coalition, is supporting the National Day of Action to protect ...
Want access to health care? You might need to move

Want access to health care? You might need to move

The Health Council of Canada (HCC) released a new report this week showing that Canadians' views on access to health ...
Harper government not committed to public health care

Harper government not committed to public health care

Halifax-based Council of Canadians organizer Angela Giles and Nova Scotia Citizens’ Health Care Network chairperson Lee Seymour write, "The federal ...