Initiated by: Chris Zeng from Richmond Hill, Ontario
Whereas:
Canada’s single-payer healthcare system faces long wait times, overcrowded emergency rooms, and healthcare worker shortages, with 23,746 people dying while waiting for surgeries in one year, and Ontario spent $212 million in one year sending patients to U.S. medical centres
Canada already relies on privately delivered care in family medicine, diagnostics, long-term care, dental, vision, and other services; however, federal and provincial rules restrict private payment, insurance, competition, and patient choice for many medically necessary services
Private-sector participation could increase capacity, reduce wait times, attract investment, modernize facilities, and improve working conditions for healthcare workers, and many peer countries with universal healthcare allow mixed public-private models while maintaining public coverage
The federal government administers the Canada Health Act and provides major health transfers to provinces.
History:
Open for signature: July 10, 2026
Closed for signature: September 8, 2026
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We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada , call upon the Government of Canada to: 1. Undertake a comprehensive study on expanding private-sector participation, patient choice, mixed delivery, and private insurance in Canada’s healthcare system; 2. Examine international universal healthcare models that include private delivery, private insurance, or mixed options; 3. Assess whether greater competition and private-sector participation could improve wages, recruitment, retention, and working conditions for healthcare workers; and 4. Table a report in Parliament outlining options to reduce wait times, increase capacity, protect universal access, and improve healthcare outcomes for Canadians. History Open for signature July 10, 2026, at 1:23 p.m. (EDT) Closed for signature September 8, 2026, at 1:23 p.m. (EDT) Member of Parliament Vincent Ho, Richmond Hill South (Conservative)
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Having worked in the private and universal health care over the last 13 years as a RN I would tell you that private health care is an absolute nightmare compared to public healthcare. The idea that private healthcare would decrease wait time is laughable. Go to any metro hospital in the US and take a look outside (not the waiting room) the facility - you will see dozens of homeless uninsured patients waiting to be seen by hospital staff. In the waiting room you will potentially see hundreds of people (mostly uninsured or underinsured) waiting for the same care. My experience as a nurse is within the Tri State area of NYC and University of San Francisco. I also have worked as a nurse in Alberta for 5 years.
Wait times have to do with understaffing and facility capacity. Currently in BC, where nurses are striking for the first time in nearly 30 years, there are between 5000 and 6500 unfilled positions listed on BC Health websites. Alberta has similar unfilled nursing positions posted on Alberta Health websites. If staffing is low private insurance will not improve wait times.
Private health care always costs more…always. There is no example that can be given by any reputable source, where private health care costs less and produces better outcomes.
Just an aside as well- I have heard the argument (I don’t know why) from several Canadians, that they want private care because it would enable them to get an MRI when they want (almost always tradespeople). I would just like to clear up this myth as an ER nurse- the only people that can get STAT MRI service have either gone through the windshield of their car, fallen off a building or been hit by a bus etc. No one with private insurance walks into a US health facility, demands and MRI and gets sent to a waiting room to get it within the hour.
aw hell no
I prefer a properly funded public healthcare system over private thanks.
I respect the purpose of the bot but I think maybe it’d be better to have a dedicated community for it? Or at least include the petition name in the title since right now it kind of fills up the feed with very little substance
Looks like an attempted gateway to privatization.
lol the audacity
