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Emma Pullman, SumOfUs.org <us@sumofus.org> Unsubscribe	Oct 1 (4 days ago)
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Joseph, Right now, a precedent-setting constitutional challenge is before the courts that will dictate the future of our public healthcare system. If the head of one of Canada’s most notorious private hospitals gets his way, doctors could be able to charge whatever they want for services and surgeries, and US insurance companies would be able to move into Canada. Make no mistake: this is not about making Canada’s healthcare system better. This is a reckless plan to privatize Canada’s public healthcare system in the name of corporate profit. In this David and Goliath battle, Dr. Day and his profiteers may have bottomless pockets. But they don’t have something we do: people power. There are thousands of us from across the country who are willing to do whatever it takes to save our healthcare system from US-style privatization.    The fight to save our public healthcare system is going to be long. Whatever the decision, it could be appealed and end up in the Supreme Court of Canada. Right now, we need to make sure this campaign stays in the media cycle and to be able to respond to urgent breakthroughs in the campaign. Monthly donations are a key way to achieve that while allowing us to plan ahead. If you can and only if you can, please donate! It will keep us in the fight!  Joseph, will you chip in to help save public healthcare in Canada? Any amount helps, but the best way to donate is monthly, so that we have the ongoing resources to plan ahead and go big to stop this takeover. DONATE CA$3 A MONTH DONATE CA$5 A MONTH DONATE CA$10 A MONTH DONATE CA$20 A MONTH Last week, we made a big splash outside the BC Supreme Court.Because members like you chipped in, we made sure top lawyers were able to testify at the hearings, powered a press conference outside the Supreme Court of BC, and delivered nearly 40,000 signatures to Cambie Surgeries Corporation. With loads of press watching, we heard from a mother who received the same operation in a private and public hospital -- and experienced first-hand what happens when profits are put before people. A psychiatric nurse spoke about privatization from the perspective of working with Vancouver’s most vulnerable communities. And a healthcare researcher laid out findings from reports conducted across the globe from Australia to the UK -- and the results are damning. Privatization costs more and it compromises patient care. Now, we need to take this campaign to the next level to make sure our precious public health care system isn’t sold off to the highest bidder. With your monthly donation, we can pull off tactics like: Offering ongoing support for our legal team to be able to keep lending critical support to this campaign; Projecting messages from thousands of us the day that Dr. Day takes the stand about why we need to protect healthcare; Radio ads across Canada to let Canadians know what is at stake from this lawsuit; Regular and sustained protests and presence outside Cambie Surgeries; Rapid response to counter Day’s lies in court and in the media To win this fight, we have our work cut out for us. But public healthcare is the bedrock of Canadian society. We rely on it - let’s make sure we save it. DONATE CA$3 A MONTH DONATE CA$5 A MONTH DONATE CA$10 A MONTH DONATE CA$20 A MONTH Thanks for all that you do, Emma, Angus, Rosa and the team at SumOfUs PS. P.S. Check out the photos from our awesome petition delivery last week. PPS. Can't make a monthly donation? Not to worry. If you can spare a few coins, please consider chipping in just once to help power this campaign. Every little bit counts. SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy. This email was sent to human4us@bell.net. | Unsubscribe