Cambie is back in Courts!
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- Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00
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Paov --
The final 3 days of arguments in
the Cambie Surgical Case resume today, Tuesday, February 25th,
following an unforeseen court delay.
90% of British Columbians agree that access
to healthcare in the Province should be based on need rather than
their ability to pay - according to a recent poll.
This is the core issue being argued before the Supreme Court of
British Columbia in the landmark legal challenge that will be entering its final week of arguments
today.
The legal challenge aims to strike down key provisions of the
Medicare Protection Act, which would incentivize publicly enrolled doctors to spend more time
with patients who pay to see them, over those... who come through the
public system. It would also open the Canadian health insurance market
to U.S. private insurance
firms, bringing with them the predatory profit-first ethic that has
severely compromised care in the U.S.
During November and December, public health care supporters across the
country came together to
defend an equitable and accessible health care system from those who
would put profits over patients. Supporters volunteered to cover 31
court watching shifts, 228 people wrote letters to their editor and
hundreds more used social media to fact check Brian Day.
We need to keep this
pressure going through these final few days.
Join
us in court on Thursday, February 27th at 10am
and hear constitutional lawyer, Joe Arvay, argue on behalf of the
Coalition intervenors. If you
can’t get to the law courts in person, you can show
support by using
social media to check in at the Vancouver Law
Courts on the 27th.
Let’s make it clear that the corporate
plaintiffs don’t represent the public interest. Post
these social media graphics, showing the overwhelming support for Public Health Care with
#CambieCase #NotToDay
Sincerely,
Ayendri Riddell
BC
Health Coalition Campaigner
British Columbia Health Coalition · 3102 Main St, 302,
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, BC V5T 3G7, Canada
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