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Health careCanada’s health care system is under threat. Private investors, many based in the United States, are clamouring to cash in on Canadian health care. For-profit providers and insurers within Canada are trying to dismantle public health care for their own personal gain. And provincial governments are actively undermining the Canada Health Act by courting the private sector into taking a greater role in health care funding and delivery. Instead of renewing its support for public health care, the federal Conservative government is letting the forces of privatization dismantle our most treasured social program. Unless ordinary Canadians from every part of the country rise up to defend it, our public health care system will not survive this onslaught from the for-profit sector. It’s time to stand up for public health care and let our government know that profit is not the cure!
This year, the Montreal chapter marched outside the Sheraton hotel where the CMA was meeting and handed out Council material to passersby. Regionally, we reached out to the Coalition Solidarité Santé to produce a joint press release. Read more » Best Kept Secret: Canada’s health care competitive advantage – a comprehensive resource guide about the advantages of Canada’s public health care system for citizens and businesses. ACTION ALERT: Prevent the first private ER from opening in Vancouver VIDEO: "Red Carpet" rolled out for Dr. Brian Day
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ACTION ALERT: Vitamin D, not SPP ACTION ALERT: Demand the Nova Scotia government not sign contract with private health care clinic The SPP Makes You Sick: Harmonization of environmental standards directly impacts Canadians’ health, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008 Canada’s Best Kept Secret Revealed: Public health care gives Canada an economic advantage – despite the high dollar, Canadian Perspectives, Spring 2008 Read the Defending medicare guide on yourmedicarerights.ca [18-Mar-08] Contracting private surgeries a misuse of public funds, says Council of Canadians [20-Feb-08] Castonguay recommendations would erode public health care, says Council of Canadians Saying no to private health care, Guy Caron, The Daily Gleaner, January 30, 2008 AUDIO: The Council's Steven Shrybman comments on private clinic in Kanata Click on 'Tuesday: Exclusive clinic offering $1,200 check-up' CBC Radio report by Evan Dyer on Dr. Hassan Sannoufi and the 'La Vie Health Centre' in Kanata, Ontario. The SPP and public safety: How regulatory harmonization threatens our health and the environment, Behind Closed Doors: What they're not telling us about the Security and Prosperity Partnership, July 2007
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