Commentary For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public system. He argued that these prolonged waits violate a…

After losing his legal battle to ensure right to private health care in B.C., Dr. Brian Day says it’s now up to legislators to bring change. The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) announced it would not hear the case brought forward by the Vancouver surgeon and patient plaintiffs who had suffered due to long wait lists…

Advocates for private health care say they’re disappointed in the B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling against a constitutional challenge brought forward by a Vancouver surgical clinic, as they say patients are dying on wait-lists. Cambie Surgeries Corporation issued a constitutional challenge against two sections of B.C.’s Medical Protection Act that prevent doctors from billing patients…