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April 21, 2014

With the expiration of the 2004 Health Accord creating a wave of protest across the country this month, NWT residents added their voice to the fray of concerns about medicare last Wednesday at a presentation organized in Yellowknife by Alternatives North and the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC). The presentation was one of 42 events being held across Canada in protest of the Mar. 31 expiry of the 10 year-old deal that saw $41 billion in federal transfers to the provinces, the absence of which organizers say is triggering a collapse of universal health care.

Fort Smith Northern Journal Tue Apr 22 2014

With the expiration of the 2004 Health Accord creating a wave of protest across the country this month, NWT residents added their voice to the fray of concerns about medicare last Wednesday at a presentation organized in Yellowknife by Alternatives North and the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC). The presentation was one of 42 events being held across Canada in protest of the Mar. 31 expiry of the 10 year-old deal that saw $41 billion in federal transfers to the provinces, the absence of which organizers say is triggering a collapse of universal health care. The Health Accord was created in 2004 as additional federal spending on health care tied to provincial promises to reduce wait times and improve services. Defenders say it set national standards for medicare, prescription drug plans and home care, among others.

The Council of Canadians Northwest Territories chapter will be presenting "Stephen Harper: The Musical, How to Survive and Thrive in the Dying Days of the Empire of Oil" in Yellowknife on February 14. The chapter notes, "The one-man show is the production of James Gordon, a singer-songwriter with 40 albums to his credit over a thirty-year international career. James’ puppeteering and humourous lyrics mock everything from the Senate scandal and the Tories’ non-debated omnibus bills, to public service cuts, unemployment, climate change, our overpriced fighter jets, Canada’s economic decline, and Harper’s sketchy deals with China. It’s a theatrical indictment of the government that progressive Canadians love to hate, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Coming up to an election, it’s a memorable."

17. Apr, 2014

Many in Canada believe access to affordable health care is a fundamental right of citizenship. But recent changes to the way health care if funded have many wondering if this will be true in the future. And there’s nowhere that people are more concerned than in Canada’s north where the cost of living is already the highest in the country.