Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeal involving private health care
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures agai...
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OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a challenge of a British Columbia law intended to preserve public health care through measures agai...
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The Supreme Court of B.C. dismissed the constitutional challenge three years ago and the provincial Court of Appeal upheld the ruling last year.
The doctor who led a legal challenge over a patient's right to pay for private medical care says a decision by Canada's top court not to hear an appeal means long wait times have been 'forcibly embedded' into the medicare system.
Two Vancouver private health facilities and four patients argued that provisions of the Medicare Protection Act violate constitutional rights due to long waits…