From: Laura Coletta
To: "'chapters@canadians.org'"
Subject: COC-CHAPS-L Telephone Action - Klein's Privatization Bill Date
sent: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 14:51:30 -0500
Organization: The Council of Canadians

Victoria Gibb-Carsley has been having problems sending messages out, here is the first of two messages that were sent out last Friday but due to computer problems were lost.

Laura C. Coletta, Campaign Services
The Council of Canadians
502-151 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3
lcoletta@canadians.org
Tel: (613) 233-4487 ext.236
Fax: (613) 233-6776

Dear Chapters:

All next week we are asking Council of Canadian chapter members across the country to join with members of the Canadian Health Coalition (CHC) and other concerned citizens to call, write, fax, e-mail or visit their MPs in their constituency offices to state their concern about the latest budget's treatment of the health care system and their distress over Ralph Klein's Bill 11. The Liberals are starving Medicare of funding and, as a result, opening the door to a private, for-profit health care in Canada.

Below is an Urgent Action Alert from the CHC. Please take action and pass it along.

thanks and best wishes,
vgc

Victoria Gibb-Carsley
National Organizer
The Council of Canadians
vgibb-carsley@canadians.org
1-800-387-7177
Phone: 613-233-4487 ext 228
Fax: 613-233-6776
Website: www.canadians.org


-----Original Message-----
From: Bradford Duplisea
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 3:09 PM
To: (Recipient list suppressed)
Subject: Telephone Action - Klein's Privatization Bill

URGENT ACTION ALERT:
Ottawa must save Medicare from Klein's Privatization Plan

Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has tabled legislation allowing "For-Profit" companies to set up publicly funded facilities in the province. Because of NAFTA, this could indeed be Medicare's Death Sentence. If you treasure Medicare now is the time to show it. We urgently need your help !

Telephone Action:

Next week, all M.P.'s will be returning to their home ridings. We need you to
telephone your M.P. and tell them you want Medicare protected. Remind them that Medicare is Canada's defining quality, and if they don't fight for its protection, come next election you will vote for someone who will !

Call them early. Call them often.

Demands:

1. Ottawa must introduce emergency legislation prohibiting public funds from
   being used to deliver for-profit services covered by Medicare. If emergency legislation isn't passed before Klein's Bill becomes law, say good-bye to Medicare;
2. Federal funding for health care must be restored to at least 25 per cent.
   When Medicare was introduced the federal contribution was 50% (today it is just 13%);
3. There must be public involvement in federal/provincial decisions on the future of Medicare. No back room deals dismantling Medicare.

What You Can Do !

As mentioned above, Call your M.P., and keep calling until they return your messages. remember they are supposed to serve us not multinational corporations. Urge a friend (or two) to do the same. Tell them it will only take 5 minutes and may save their life some day (or their child). You may want
to write down your feelings before you call.

Why Should You Help ?

If we don't reverse the Americanization of our publicly funded health system,
here is a glimpse of what we can expect:

Made in the U.S.A.

People with no health insurance 44 Million People who are under insured 71 Million Hispanic People with no coverage 50% African American People with no coverage 37% White People with no coverage 25% Children with no coverage 33%


ACT TODAY DON'T DELAY


For resources - be sure to check out our website: http://www.healthcoalition.ca/

Canadian Health Coalition
2841 Riverside Drive
Ottawa, ON K1V 8X7

Michael McBane Tel. 613-521-3400 (Ext. 308)

Frances Arbour  Tel. 613-521-3400 (Ext. 311)

http://www.healthcoalition.ca/

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