Carney government's recent budget missing cash for nationwide expansion Marina von Stackelberg · CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2025 Only B.C., Manitoba, P.E.I. and Yukon have signed deals with the federal government to have contraceptive and diabetes medication paid for by Ottawa. With just four pharmacare deals, only about 17 per cent of the Canadian population is covered. (Amber Bracken/The Canadian Press) Canada’s public pharmacare program appears to be in limbo, with the fed

CBC News | 20 Nov 2025 A new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looked at 25 countries and found those with more privatized health care fared worse on seven mortality indicators. The report comes as several provinces pursue privatizing some health-care services. Mortality and health care privatization: A comparison between countries Written by Anne Plourde , Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives "The main finding of this analysis is unequivocal: there

He was the cream of the crop of medical graduates in India. When he came to Ottawa, the geriatric specialist was left applying for jobs at Tim Hortons. By Elizabeth Payne Published Nov 18, 2025 Ashok Kumar Biswas is an internationally trained doctor with a lot of experience who has been volunteering and working toward applying to be a resident in Ontario. A recent rule change that makes it harder for international physicians to apply has dashed his hopes. Photo by TONY CALDWE

A recent international comparison of healthcare systems ranked Australia as the top performer—Canada was ranked seventh. Jason M. Sutherland 11/11/2025 Creator: AlexLMX | Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Emergency department closures. Long wait times for surgeries and specialist appointments.  Millions of Canadians without a primary healthcare provider .   Healthcare systems across Canada are struggling to provide timely and equitable access to healthcare services—at a time w

Polls indicate approximately 80% of Ontarians think the Ford government is doing a poor or very poor job on health care. Posted November 13, 2025 by the Ontario Health Coalition   When:         Saturday January 25 from 10 am - 4:30 pm                      Sunday January 26 from 9 am - 12:30 pm Where:        Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto & virtually via Zoom (see below) Featuring keynote speaker: Author, journalist, social activist Linda McQuaig   Come and hear wh

CBC News: The National 11 Nov 2025 Video Length 2:10 minutes As some Canadian provinces outsource certain surgeries to for-profit clinics, new research comparing the models in England and Scotland suggests shifting to private clinics can lead to longer wait times, reduced hospital capacity and increased inequality to access to care.

The signal from the budget is that health transfers, social transfers, equalizations — those things are not going to change. There’s no room for negotiation.

The decision to have a universal public health care system is always political. ~ Professor Allyson Pollock, 2016

Canada cannot afford to not invest in public health care. Carney's first budget, released on Nov. 4, has money for hospitals and beds but fails to support the retention of health care workers.

The Canada Health Act bans user fees and extra-billing, but it only works if we demand that the federal government enforces it so that provinces that violate the bans are shamed into coming back into compliance.

Extra-billing and user fees are banned under the Canada Health Act and Ontario’s Public Medicare protection laws, yet increasingly, the private clinics are charging patients with impunity, the Ontario Health Coalition reports.

If the Ford government fails to improve health-care funding, 7,263 nurses could be cut by 2027-28, further worsening Ontario’s number of nurses per capita.

Finance minister says funding increase will free up hospital beds   Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 27, 2025 12:01 PM EDT Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy announced the province will be increasing home care funding by $1 billion over three years, which he says amounts to an 8% funding increase. (The Canadian Press) Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy has announced that as part of the upcoming fall economic statement, the province will be in

Service reductions and bed closures will be considered only if lower-risk measures exhausted: ministry Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 20, 2025 2:03 PM EDT Ontario's Ministry of Health tasked hospitals to plan to balance their budgets within three years, assuming annual funding increases of two per cent — half of what they have received in recent years. (Patrick Morrell/CBC News) Ontario's Ministry of Health has tasked hospitals struggling with deficits to co

At stake is our public medicare, health services and funding in our local public hospitals. Don’t let Ford destroy them.

The survey reveals 46 per cent of physicians report high levels of burnout , a slight decline from 53 per cent in 2021, but still well above pre-pandemic levels. By Mason DePatie Published: October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM EDT A survey from the Canadian Medical Association finds doctors are still facing serious mental health challenges, years after the COVID-19 pandemic. Five years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly half of Canadian physicians say they’re still deali

Hospitals struggling to bring in more money without hitting patients' pocketbooks, association says Allison Jones · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 08, 2025 'Hospitals are facing kind of a multitude of complex challenges,' says Melissa Prokopy with the Ontario Hospital Association. The organization is asking the province to increase funding for hospitals in the province to cover a $1 billion deficit. (Nicole Osborne/The Canadian Press) Ontario hospitals need an additional $1

Sask. NDP demands health minister apologize to patient's family Laura Sciarpelletti · CBC News · Posted: Oct 10, 2025 7:23 PM EDT Kay...

2025-10-04 Waterloo Region Health Coalition It was a warm, sunny Saturday morning – a wonderful day for a rally. AND RALLY WE DID!  ...

Canadian Union of Public Employees Oct 2, 2025 Doug Ford has once again put Ontario homecare patients last. His announcement on Friday of...