Updates
August 21, 2024 10:08 AM
7 system-wide benefits of expanding home care and home support
Home support is more than a nice-to-have service that helps people age at home. It’s a proven,...
October 31, 2023 5:16 PM
Watch the Campaign Call for LTC funding reform
Over 200 people & organizations representing thousands of seniors, their families, and workers joined our virtual Campaign Call on October 31 to show their public support for funding reform in...
October 6, 2023 10:35 AM
Join us to end profit in long-term care
September 28, 2023 9:33 AM
Seniors Advocate latest report finds for-profit long-term care homes profiting in record numbers and under-delivering care
Early this week, The Office of the Seniors Advocate released a new report that exposes the record profits being made in the contracted long-term care sector. For-profit companies...
September 28, 2023 9:32 AM
CCPA’s Alternative Federal Budget 2024, A Budget for Now and the Future
Every year for the past 24 years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) publishes the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB), a fully-costed proposal...
July 12, 2023 10:08 AM
Our health is not your profit
The privatization of health care services in BC has expanded over the last six years. Take action today to support the BC government cracking down on for-profit corporations'...
June 14, 2023 1:52 PM
BC Budget 2024 Submission
The BCHC was invited by the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services in the BC Legislature to make a presentation regarding the Budget 2024 Consultation. In...
June 8, 2023 3:35 PM
BC Seniors need better extended health benefits
Many people in the province are facing an affordability crisis. The rising costs of goods and services impacts us all. They especially impact BC seniors, many of whom...
May 25, 2023 10:06 AM
Public Pharmacare Now
The Council of Canadians is raising the political temperature on public pharmacare. They are organizing town halls across Canada, hosted by Avi Lewis and others.
Upcoming pharmacare town halls are...
May 3, 2023 3:03 PM
5 question we are asking after the Medical Services Commission and Telus Health reach an agreement
In April, the Medical Services Commission (MSC) reached an agreement with Telus over its LifePlus plan. The commission initially issued an injunction against the company in December of...
April 20, 2023 10:50 AM
Supreme Court of Canada dismissal is a win for public health in BC and nationally
Access to quality health care is a fundamental right that should not be determined by one's ability to pay.
And yet, 14 years ago, the CEO...