Letter to Prime Minister Martin: the Future of Health Care in Canada
Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Accompanying our best wishes, we wish to send our sincere congratulations, as you became Prime Minister of Canada last month. This great responsibility brings with it the possibility of achieving tremendous good for Canadians and many other persons around the world. We pray that God’s blessings are with you as you […]
Lettre au premier ministre Martin: l’avenir des soins de santé au Canada
Cher Monsieur le Premier ministre, Alors que vous assumez maintenant la charge de Premier ministre du Canada, nous désirons vous exprimer, en même temps que nos vœux de Bonne Année, nos plus sincères félicitations. Votre grande responsabilité comporte aussi la possibilité de réaliser un bien immense pour la population du Canada et pour de nombreuses […]
Letter to Prime Minister Chrétien: Health Council
Dear Prime Minister Chrétien, We are writing to congratulate you and the First Ministers for having established, through the Health Accord, common ground on which to revive and expand this country’s public health care system. During the course of the Romanow Commission’s public consultations, our Ecumenical Health Care Network presented a brief at the Ottawa […]
Letter to Prime Minister Chrétien: Strengthening Canada’s Health Care System
Dear Prime Minister Chrétien: Encouraged by your recent Speech from the Throne, “The Canada We Want” in which you outline the plans for your government in the next few years, I am writing to request an appointment for a delegation of church leaders to meet with you regarding the future of health care in Canada. […]
Letter to Minister McLellan: future of health care in Canada
Dear Minister McLellan, I am writing to you on behalf of the Ecumenical Health Care Network, an initiative of the Canadian Council of Churches’ Commission on Justice and Peace. Members of our Commission take a deep interest in the current discussions about the future of health care in Canada. Many of our members and affiliated […]
Présentation du Réseau œcuménique sur les soins de santé à la Commission sur l’avenir des soins de santé au Canada
Le Réseau œcuménique sur les soins de santé est un projet de la Commission Justice et Paix du Conseil canadien des Églises. Il est formé de représentants de la Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada, de l’Église anglicane du Canada, de l’Église évangélique luthérienne du Canada, de l’Église presbytérienne du Canada, de l’Église unie du […]
Submission of the Ecumenical Health Care Network To The Commission on the Future of Health Care In Canada
The Ecumenical Health Care Network is a project of the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Council of Churches. The Network includes representatives from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Anglican Church of Canada, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the United Church of Canada, the Canadian […]
Charter and Covenant: The Churches and the Struggle for Public Health Care in Canada
Churches have been involved in the provision of health care services in Canada since the mid 17th century. In terms of health care institutions, the Augustines Hospitalières founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec in 1639. Many other religious groups comprised especially of religious women and Christian laypersons have been in the forefront of every effort against […]
A Health Care Covenant for All People in Canada
A Health Care Covenant For All People in Canada Through government, we in Canada pledge to: Universal Access, Comprehensiveness and Portability • provide access to comprehensive health care services for individuals, families and communities that places the priority on the worth and dignity of the whole person and their biological, emotional, physical, environmental, social and […]
Des soins se santé pour tous au Canada : Rapport faisant suite au forum du Réseau œcuménique sur les soins de santé portant sur l’avenir des soins de santé au Canada
Sommaire du rapport Le 28 février dernier, le Réseau œcuménique sur les soins de santé tenait, sur la Colline parlementaire, un forum extraordinaire sur l’avenir des soins de santé au Canada. Y ont participé une bonne centaine de dirigeants religieux, de fournisseurs et de professionnels des soins de santé, ainsi que des politiciens et des […]