Press Releases

Canadian Doctors for Medicare Applauds Canadian Medical Association on New Policy Discouraging Private Health Care

July 23, 2024

Toronto, July 23, 2024 – Canadian Doctors for Medicare (CDM) welcomes the Canadian Medical Association (CMA)’s new pro-Medicare position in its proposed update to the 2007 policy document “Managing the Public-Private Interface to Improves Access to Quality Health Care”. In a stark departure from...

Supreme Court of Canada upholds BC Supreme Court's landmark decision protecting public health care

April 06, 2023

Fix Ontario Health Care: An Open Letter to the Premier, Minister of Health, and Minister of Long-Term Care

November 04, 2022

Canada Blood Services should focus on expanding voluntary donation, not sell out our blood plasma supply to for-profit corporations

September 22, 2022

BC Court of Appeal strengthens landmark ruling defending public health care in Canada

July 15, 2022

Nurses and Doctors call for immediate action on pharmacare to help alleviate pressure on hospitals already at their limit

February 08, 2022

As another surge of COVID-19 and a crushing health worker shortage once again push our nation’s hospitals to the brink, Canada’s doctors and nurses are calling attention to the need for national pharmacare. Had the federal government followed the advice it received from its...

Liberal government must move forward on pharmacare, say doctors, nurses and advocates

December 08, 2021

Canadian Doctors for Medicare, along with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions and a number of allied civil society organizations and public health care experts, are calling on the Liberal government to fulfill its commitment to implementing a universal pharmacare plan by including it...

Federal budget misses the opportunity to take a bold step towards universal prescription drug coverage

April 19, 2021

Canadian doctors were disappointed that the Federal budget released today failed to include tangible steps towards the implementation of a universal pharmacare plan. While the Liberal government claims they remain committed to pharmacare, this budget fails to include the funding required to make it...

BC Health Coalition and Canadian Doctors for Medicare mourn the passing of Joseph J Arvay, O.C, O.B.C, Q.C

December 09, 2020

The BC Health Coalition and Canadian Doctors for Medicare were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph Arvay, O.C., O.B.C., Q.C. As Coalition Intervenors in the Cambie trial, Joe was a key member of our legal team. In the legal battle to...

A prescription for recovery: Canadian doctors urge Trudeau government to introduce universal public drug coverage

September 21, 2020

Toronto (September 21, 2020) - In anticipation of this Wednesday’s Throne Speech, Canadian doctors are again calling on the government to take immediate action to implement universal, public pharmacare. “We are the only high income country in the world with a universal health care...