Advocates to hold nationwide Day of Action for federal action to stop two-tier, American-style health care

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — On Tuesday, September 1, health coalitions and allies across Canada will hold information pickets, rallies, and other actions in a National Day of Action to amplify our calls on the Federal Government to take action against Alberta’s Bill 11.

With the legislation set to take effect on September 1, the Ontario Health Coalition and several other health coalitions are coming together to send an urgent, unified message to the federal government: there is no more time to waste. We are urging federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel and Prime Minister Mark Carney to fulfil their responsibility to enforce the Canada Health Act to protect Canada’s universal, single-payer, public Medicare system and health care for Canadians that is accessible based on need, not ability to pay.

Actions will be held in 26 communities across Canada on Tuesday, September 1 as follows:

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ALBERTA Calgary 12 pm MDT Corey Hogan’s office, 1717 10th Street NW Edmonton 12 pm MDT Eleanor Olszewski’s office, 12220 Stony Plain Road Leduc 4:30 pm MDT Mike Lake’s office101, 4710 – 50 Street Lethbridge 12 pm MDT Rachael Thomas’ office, 255 8th Street South Medicine Hat 12 pm MDT Glen Motz’ office, 1306-2810 13th avenue SE Red Deer 12 pm MDT, Burton Bailey’s office, 100A-4315 55th Avenue St. Albert 12 pm MDT, Michael Cooper’s office, 1220-20 Perron Street

BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver 12 pm PDT Gregor Robertson’s office, 360 – 3150 54th Avenue E Victoria 12 pm PDT Will Greaves’ office, 210-852 Fort Street

MANITOBA Winnipeg 12 pm ADT Doug Eyolfson’s office, D-3092 Portage Avenue

NEW BRUNSWICK Moncton 12 pm ADT Ginette Petitpas-Taylor’s office, 272 St. George St # 110 Fredericton 12 pm ADT David Myles’s office, 590-77 Westmoreland St.

NOVA SCOTIA Cape Breton 12 pm ADT Jaime Battiste’s office, 729 Highway 105, Boularderie East

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Yellowknife 12 pm MDT Rebecca Alty’s office, 114-5109 48th Street

ONTARIO Grey Bruce 10 am EDT Alex Ruff’s office, 1101 Second Avenue E., Owen Sound Toronto 4 pm EDT Danielle Martin’s office, 622 College Street Waterloo 12 pm EDT Bardish Chagger’s office, 100 Regina Street S. Hamilton 11 am EDT Aslam Rana’s office, 25 Charlton Avenue E. London 11 am EDT Arielle Kayabaga’s office, 390 Commissioners Road W. Windsor 1 pm EDT Kathy Borrelli’s office, 9733 Tecumseh Road E. Thunder Bay 12 pm EDT Patty Hajdu’s office, 705 Red River Road Kingston 3:30-5:30 pm EDT Mark Gerretsen’s office, 234 Concession Street St. Catharines 11 am-1 pm EDT Chris Bittle’s office, #1-61 Geneva Street

P.E.I. Cornwall 11 am ADT Heath MacDonald’s office, 4 Meadowbank Rd #2, Cornwall

QUEBEC Montréal 12 pm EDT Minister of Health Marjorie Michel’s office, 1100, Boulevard Crémazie E.

SASKATCHEWAN Send letters to MP Buckley Belanger 4-306 Husky Ave., Air Ronge, SK S0J 3G0