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On May 29, 2018, Independent Senator Pamela Wallin introduced S-252 (Voluntary Blood Donations Act), a Senate public bill that proposes to ban nationally paid blood and plasma donations. The Canadian Health Coalition supports this federal legislation thatRead More

Disappointing but not surprising: New Report from Expert Panel on Immune Globulin Product Supply Misses the Mark on Paid Plasma The Expert Panel on Immune Globulin Product Supply and Related Impacts in Canada released itsRead More

The Canadian Health Coalition was invited to appear  before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) on May 8, 2018 in view of its study of Bill C-74, An Act to implement certain provisions ofRead More

On April 9, a court case resumes in British Columbia that seeks to overturn the ban on private for-profit health care. This case will likely  end up in the Supreme Court of Canada and threatenRead More

As published in the Globe and Mail, March 8, 2018. Re National Pharmacare Is Possible – But It Won’t Come Easy (March 6): Every developed country with a universal health-care plan already has a nationalRead More

The Canadian Health Coalition commissioned an EKOS poll last month to understand Canadians’ opinions on the state of the public health care system. The results are overwhelming: 93% of Canadians say that access to a strongRead More

Nine out of 10 Canadians want to see the federal government enforce the Canada Health Act During this year’s National Medicare week a new poll conducted by EKOS Polling and commissioned by the Canadian HealthRead More

The Canadian Health Coalition’s National Director of Policy & Advocacy Adrienne Silnicki presented to Canadian Blood Services at their Open Board Meeting on December 7, 2017. The CHC is a proud supporter and advocate for theRead More

In response to the ongoing dialogue regarding Health Canada and for-profit plasma collection, the Canadian Health Coalition would like to publicly share documents obtained through an Access to Information and Privacy (ATIP) request. These documentsRead More

All people in Canada should have access to the care they require regardless of where they live or their ability to pay.