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On to Ottawa trek: November 28 protest on Parliament Hill

On to Ottawa Trek Protest Saturday, November 28 at 1 p.m. Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Trains, buses and caravans are being ...
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Health care is an economic engine, not just a cost item, says economist

Stanford is an economist with the Centre for Future Work and author of the report, The Economic Benefits of Canada’s Public ...
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Billboards and open letter urge health ministers gathered in Winnipeg to stop U.S.-style health care in Canada

Photo of the Canadian Health Coalition’s digital billboard in Winnipeg, featuring Prime Minister Mark Carney’s words, “In ...
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Webinar: Health care barriers for migrant workers in Canada

Unhealthy and unsafe migrant labour and housing are well documented in Canada, yet migrant workers, in particular those with closed work permits, face numerous barriers to accessing health care and ...
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Webinar – The U.S. billionaires threatening Canada’s public health care

Christopher Holcroft, Natalie Mehra and Nikolas Barry-Shaw on who wants two-tier health care and why we must stop them ...
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PM Carney must enforce the Canada Health Act on Bill 11, new poll finds

A new national poll from Abacus Data, commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition, finds Canadians are overwhelmingly worried about the future of public health care and opposed to Alberta’s Bill 11 ...
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Join the September 1st Day of Action Against U.S.-Style Health Care

Back in March, thousands of Canadians took part in the very first Day of Action for Public Health Care, sending messages to MPs and gathering in communities across the country to demand action. That ...
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‘We deserve better.’ Health coalitions call on premiers to protect public health care in the face of two-tier threat

Public health care advocates braved the wind and rain to rally outside the premiers’ Council of the Federation meeting on Wednesday, July 22 in Charlottetown. They demanded Canada’s premiers stop the ...
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Health coalitions call on premiers to protect public health care in the face of two-tier threat

Charlottetown, PE — Public health care advocates rallying outside the premiers’ Council of the Federation meeting are demanding Canada’s premiers stop the spread of American-style, two-tier health ...
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Plasma donations should be voluntary: Canadian Health Coalition tells Canadian Blood Services board

My name is Tracy Glynn. I am the National Director of Projects and Operations of the Canadian Health Coalition. Based here in Fredericton, I teach sociology of health at St. Thomas University and hold ...
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Time is up: Health Minister Marjorie Michel must respond to Alberta’s Bill 11 announcement

The Canadian Health Coalition joins Alberta public health care advocates and frontline health care unions in opposition to the harmful health care regulatory changes announced today by Adriana ...
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Alberta’s Bill 11 breaches the Canada Health Act, says legal expert

A 23-page legal opinion, prepared for the Canadian Health Coalition by Emma Phillips of Goldblatt Partners in Toronto, makes clear that Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2), also ...