The Canadian Health Coalition and the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law Policy and Ethics hosted a research roundtable on Canada’s Health Care Profitization Problem at the University of Ottawa on October 23, 2025.
Profitization of care refers to the proliferation of for-profit delivery of care. As noted by Armine Yalnizyan and Pat Armstrong, keynote speakers at the October roundtable, Canada’s health care system is increasingly being infiltrated by venture capital, private equity and foreign direct investment.
The roundtable discussed emerging profit-making trends in health care and the threats it poses to Medicare, the advancement of/opposition to the privatization of health care, including patient charges and public-private partnerships, and the role of financial equity in health care.
For more information, contact Tracy at tglynn@healthcoalition.ca.