Author: The CCF

“Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.” ~ Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin and Justice John Major, 2005. For more than six years, four British Columbians have been waiting to get their day in court to fight for timely access to healthcare. Today, with the support of…

On Tuesday September 6, 2016, four British Columbians will finally get their day in court. With the support of the Canadian Constitution Foundation, plaintiffs Walid Khalfallah, Mandy Martens, Chris Chaivatta, and Krystiana Corrado are joining Dr. Brian Day’s Cambie Surgeries Corp. (the Cambie Clinic) in a constitutional challenge against the…

In a story published by the CBC yesterday, federal Minister of Health, the Hon. Dr. Jane Philpott, was quoted as follows: Health Minister Jane Philpott says the government got involved in the case because "it's fundamentally important to the health-care system in the entire country, not just in British Columbia,…