Health Care

Message to Premier Wall: Public health care will not thrive in a private system
OTTAWA – The last sitting of the Saskatchewan legislature before next year’s provincial election wraps up in just a few ...

Harper’s “old-stock Canadians” comment and cuts to health care for refugees
During the leaders' debate this past Thursday, Conservative leader Stephen Harper stated, "The only time we’ve removed [health care coverage] ...

Council of Canadians & CUPE health care tour concludes in Regina
A 5-community tour in defence of public health care concluded in Regina yesterday evening.
The tour, which highlighted the ...

Council of Canadians and CUPE launch 5-city tour against the privatization of health care in Saskatchewan
A 5-community tour in defence of public health care began in Prince Albert yesterday afternoon.
The tour aims to ...

Is health care in Saskatchewan still healthy?
The Council of Canadians and the Canadian Union of Public Employees are touring Saskatchewan, the heartland of medicare, from September ...

It’s time we talked about health care this election
The 2015 election campaign is well underway and the airwaves are fully saturated with political messages. Yet, of particular ...

Premiers meeting in NL – are they talking about health care?
The Council of Canadians and allies will be holding a demonstration in St. John’s to welcome the premiers to Newfoundland ...

To the premiers: Universal health care is not just a privilege, it’s a right
As the premiers convene for the Council of the Federation next week in Newfoundland and Labrador next week, the Council ...