BC refutes Charter challenge of medicare - 0 views
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CMAJ October 18, 2016 vol. 188 no. 15 First published September 19, 2016, doi: 10.1503/cmaj.109-5327
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Steve Mertl
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It was the British Columbia government’s turn Sept. 12 to rebut a Charter challenge barring doctors from operating both inside and outside the public health care system. However, anyone who came to the BC Supreme Court expecting an impassioned defence of medicare was disappointed. Instead, lawyer Jonathan Penner attacked the legal underpinnings of the case filed by Cambie Surgeries Corp., which operates a Vancouver private clinic, and its co-plaintiffs.
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