by Heather | Jan 23, 2017 | Canadian Health Care Information, Health Care Legislation
Back in 1962, Saskatchewan patients and doctors rose up to defend their individual freedom against socialism’s stealthy constitutional attack. In the end, legislation passed forcing them to surrender their freedom to government control and the doctor/patient...
by Heather | Mar 9, 2016 | Access
Since my youth I have heard politicians glorify universal health care. They say it’s a system based on Canadian values and part of our Canadian identity. All political parties are guilty of using access to health care as a bartering tool for elections. While...
by Heather | Sep 30, 2013 | Access
Efforts to blur the meaning of rights started gathering steam in the aftermath of WWII with a Universal Declaration of Human Rights document put forward by the United Nations (UN). The preamble, which states that everyone should be free from want, is an indication...
by Heather | Mar 5, 2013 | Funding
Contract disputes and strikes are commonplace in universal health care systems throughout the world whether it’s Canada, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Greece, South Africa or India. Wherever government controls access to doctors and hospitals you’ll find...
by Heather | Jun 17, 2012 | Canadian Health Care Information
Recent media coverage of the case of a young boy in Ontario is causing some Canadians to question the fairness of Canada’s universal health care system. Two boys in Ontario are suffering from a rare disease. The provincial government is paying for one of these...
