One of the goals of the BC Health Coalition is to engage with the media in order to inform citizens' of BC about key health care issues and how they can get involved to stregthen and protect public Medicare in British Columbia.
This section will list BCHC Media Releases (current and past), along with current Health Care News Stories. We also have a For the Media section which has a high resolution copy of our logo, information on upcoming events, and other useful information.
VICTORIA - The BC Health Coalition and Canadian Doctors for Medicare welcome the possible resolution of a charter challenge to public health care law launched by for-profit clinic owner Dr. Brian Day.…Read More
August 15, 2014 | Wendy McNiven Comox Valley Echo Two significant challenges to our collective health have been reported this week in the Echo. They are both indirectly but closely related to the way our governments are elected.…Read More
August 12, 2014 | Murray Etty Campbell River Mirror Our pubicly-funded health care system is in jeopardy. Not only has the Harper government refused to work out a new health care accord with the provinces, but Dr. Brian Day is presenting a legal challenge to the Canada Health Act, which comes before the Supreme Court of B.C. on Sept. 8.…Read More
August 14, 2014 | Bob Bastian Trail Daily News How much do you know about our Canadian medical system? Have you heard of Dr. Brian Day? Do you know what he is trying to do? I believe that all Canadians need to be aware of what is happening in our medicare system. This doctor is trying to change the way medicine is practised in Canada, making it more like what exists in the United States.…Read More
August 14, 2014 | Nancy Czignany Alberni Valley Times Beginning Sept. 8, the biggest challenge, to date, to Canada's medicare will be heard in British Columbia's Supreme Court. If successful, our public healthcare system will crumble across the country. The constitutional challenge is being led by Dr. Brian Day who operates the private forprofit Cambie Street Clinic in Vancouver.…Read More