Canada’s Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal Involving Right to Private Health Care

Canada’s Supreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal Involving Right to Private Health Care
The Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on May 11, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a Vancouver physician who has led a legal challenge over a patient’s right to access private health care.

The Supreme Court’s decision, handed down on April 6, ends the challenge by physician Brian Day, two Vancouver-based private health facilities, and four patients who argued that the British Columbia Medicare Protection Act violated their Charter rights by subjecting them to long wait times for health care in the province’s publicly funded system.