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Public Pharmacare Now! A conversation hosted by Avi Lewis

(Recording) Public Pharmacare Now! A conversation hosted by Avi Lewis

The Council of Canadians is kicking off its national pharmacare campaign with a conversation with patient advocates Bill Swan, Rowan ...
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Five public health care issues worth watching closely with the return of Parliament 

Parliament is back this week, and the health crisis continues ...
New data shows pharmaceutical lobbying of the federal government has quadrupled since NDP-Liberal confidence-and-supply agreement

New data shows pharmaceutical lobbying of the federal government has quadrupled since NDP-Liberal confidence-and-supply agreement

Coalition of public pharmacare advocates calling on government to listen to patients, implement pharmacare now ...
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(Recording) Emergency Meeting to Fight Back Against the Privatization of our Public Hospitals

John Cartwright, Chairperson of the Council of Canadians, speaks about health care and the fight back against the privatization of ...
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As Liberals meet before Parliament returns, broad coalition of unions and progressive groups says pharmacare extremely urgent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet gather in Hamilton for a three-day retreat, ...
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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? ...
As parents feel the strain of mounting RSV cases, Big Pharma price-gouging keeps RSV-prevention drug out of reach.

As parents feel the strain of mounting RSV cases, Big Pharma price-gouging keeps RSV-prevention drug out of reach.

It’s time for the government to intervene on sky-high pricing for Palivizumab (brand name Synagis). THE COUNCIL OF CANADIANSFOR IMMEDIATE ...
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Protecting children’s health means investigating Big Pharma price-gouging

In the midst of a ferocious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) season that has seen pediatric hospitals swamped with severely ill ...