Press Release

18 organizations including unions representing the majority of Canada’s health workers call for long-term care overhaul, increased federal funding conditional on meeting long-term care national standards, and phasing out of the for-profit long-term care September 2nd, 2021—Citing problems in long-term care exacerbated by COVID-19, a broad coalition of unions and other community stakeholders is urging party leaders to put an urgently-needed overhaul of long-term care at the top of their priorities.…Read More

August 19, 2021                                               For Immediate Release…Read More

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BC 2021 Budget continues crucial investment in health care services Investments in long-term care and increasing surgical capacity are crucial but key priorities remain unaddressed…Read More

Today, Canada’s premiers are meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to request an increase to federal funding for health care. Health coalitions from across the country support the call for a long-term increase to the Canada Health Transfer (CHT). This funding must be accompanied by a robust accountability framework to ensure that provinces and territories invest this money in public health care and uphold the Canada Health Act.…Read More

BCHC members keeping candidates accountable on community health centres, seniors care and public solutions to waitlists October 22, 2020 - Unceded Coast Salish Territories - Vancouver, BC Days before election day, candidates from all three major provincial parties are answering targeted questions about universal access to health services.…Read More

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Update May 28 2020: While there were issues with slow implementation fo the policies…Read More

Vancouver (pdf here) – As the BC government takes steps to address the growing surgical backlog, the BC Health Coalition urges the government to scale up proven public surgery solutions province-wide and cautions against increased use of for-profit surgical clinics. …Read More

(.pdf version) The BC Health Coalition along with health care workers and public health experts welcome the BC government’s recent decision to expand MSP coverage to all uninsured people for COVID-19 testing and treatment.…Read More