Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, March 08, 2013

The campaign to save medicare is in full swing. Next up: April Lobby Week!

The Council of Canadians and our medicare allies are organizing a national lobby the week of April 8 to ask members of Parliament to support the 2014 Health Accord.

So far the Harper government has ignored the call of premiers to talk about the state of health care in Canada. Instead, Min. Flaherty dictated to the premiers that the Canada Health Transfer will be cut by $36 billion after the next election (Budget 2016/2017).

The 2014 Health Accord gives our leaders an opportunity to share best practices in public health care, discuss evidence-based and innovative solutions, set national standards on care to ensure that every person in Canada receives quality care, and look at areas that are under-served or not covered by medicare -- like home and community care, long-term care, mental health, dental care, and pharmacare -- and find ways to expand the medicare umbrella.

We're asking our members, allies, and friends to help us get this message to members of parliament now, before it's too late! We met Members of Parliament in a large one-day lobby on Parliament Hill in December 2011 and December 2012, but now we need to meet them on our turf -- at home in their riding.


With less than a year left until the 2004 health accord expires, we have a window of opportunity to push the federal government and opposition members to stand up for public health care, something that 94 per cent of Canadians believe in! We need to hold our MPs' feet to the fire and demand a 2014 Health Accord which protects, strengthens and extends public health care for everyone.

Original Article
Source: rabble.ca
Author: Adrienne Silnicki

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