Canadian Doctors for Medicare

Let us be clear. There are proven, evidence-based solutions to the very real challenges our healthcare system is facing. Alberta’s proposed two-tiered model is not one of them.

ICYMI: Family physician and CDM board member, Dr. Eleanor Crawford, speaks to CBC news about how Alberta’s Bill 29 could worsen access to care for many of her patients living in the N.W.T. and western Nunavut.

Tomorrow is the day! As we celebrate 20 years since our founding, Canadian Doctors for Medicare remains focused on continuing the fight for a high-quality health care system that is equitable, sustainable and built on the best available evidence. We believe that this is the highest expression of Canadians caring for one another.

Join us at the Better Medicare Health Summit, online or in person. Check the link in our bio to get your tickets!

How can we use the Canada Health Act to defend and strengthen public healthcare today? How are potential violations to the Canada Health Act identified, investigated and addressed?

Join Dr. Edward Xie at the CDM Better Medicare Health Summit as we tackle these questions and more alongside Jennifer Goodyer and Alex Russell from the Canada Health Act Division at Health Canada.

Check the link in our bio to register!

While we have seen some improvements, Canada’s primary care system remains deeply strained as 5.9 million people are still without a family doctor. According to the latest 2025 OurCare Report, access to high-quality primary care depends on where you live, with significant variation across provinces and territories.

This raises several important questions: Why do some regions perform better than others? What has led to more people having access to family doctors in 2025 compared to 2022? How can we ensure primary care clinics are accountable to the communities they serve? Which policies are improving access, and how can we scale these innovative public solutions while pushing back against the growth of for-profit care?

Join us at the Better Medicare Health Summit as we focus on identifying public solutions that are already working across the country but remain siloed across jurisdictions, advancing the policies needed to scale them, and charting a path toward national implementation.

See the link in our bio to register!

How do we stop the emergence of a two tier system that brings American style health care to Canada? Is it possible to confront powerful industries seeking to put health care on the market? Can public health care solutions become the standard for addressing wait times and improving access?

At the Better Medicare Health Summit, Dr. Melanie Bechard will take us through the steep challenges that are ahead on the road to Better Medicare. She will be joined in conversation by special guest the Honourable Dr. Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler.

Wait times are a health care system’s vital sign. Much like high blood pressure or a rapid heart rate signals distress in the human body, skyrocketing wait times for emergency care signal that our health system is under severe strain. 

So how do we fix emergency care?

At the Better Medicare Health Summit, Dr. Howard Ovens will examine the state of Emergency Departments across Canada and highlight the key reforms needed to ensure Canadians can rely on timely, equitable, and high-quality care.

Link to register in bio! See you soon