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By Mary Apurong 2025-10-31   Image Credit: CDC on Unsplash Once upon a time, Canada’s healthcare system was widely considered a model for the rest of the world, especially in countries where access to medical care was often tied to your job or your wealth. The idea of getting the medical attention you needed, from a simple check-up to a major surgery, without worrying about a huge bill felt like a promise of fairness and equality.   But today, the story has changed quite a bi

Nearly 150 Quebec doctors have applied for Ontario licenses since last week. By Harry North Published Oct 31, 2025 Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends an availability at Chapman's Ice Cream in Markdale, Ont., on Sept. 19, 2025. Quebec doctors are picking up the phone after Ford told Quebec physicians frustrated by the Legault government’s new doctor-compensation law to “Call 1-800-Doug Ford … doctors, come see us.” Photo by Chris Young /The Canadian Press It began as a light-he

October 29, 2025 Ontario Health Coalition Patients who have been wrongfully charged for surgeries and diagnostic tests at private clinics were joined by more than 160 supporters at the Ontario Legislature today for a “Day of Action” to demand answers and action.   When he announced his government’s plans to vastly expand privatization of Ontario’s public hospitals’ surgeries and diagnostic tests, Premier Ford said that no patient would ever have to pay with their credit card