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Keeping the pressure on Carney: Our Ottawa ad blitz

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Keeping the pressure on Carney: Our Ottawa ad blitz

September 24, 2026
By Haylee Keyes
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We put ads at the Ottawa airport and sent a mobile billboard truck through downtown Ottawa and around Parliament Hill for four straight days.

Public health care supporters gather in downtown Ottawa to kick off the ad campaign. Photograph by John Major

From Friday September 18 through Monday September 21, the truck was on the streets in Ottawa as Liberal MPs gathered for a caucus meeting, throughout the weekend, and as Parliament resumed on Monday. 

Our message was clear: protect public health care and keep U.S.-style health care out of Canada.

The message greeting MPs as they returned to Ottawa: keep U.S.-style health care out of Canada. Photograph by John Major.

For the past eight months, the Canadian Health Coalition has been sounding the alarm on Alberta’s Bill 11 and pushing the federal government to act, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney and Health Minister Marjorie Michel to enforce the Canada Health Act.

To date, Carney has remained completely silent on Bill 11.

The billboard truck parked in front of Parliament Hill, carrying Carney’s own words back to him. Photograph by John Major.

We wanted Liberal MPs to understand that Canadians are watching, and that we expect the federal government to protect public health care.

Our message, out on the streets of downtown Ottawa. Photograph by John Major

This campaign was made possible by the people who continue to support the Canadian Health Coalition and our work to defend universal, publicly funded health care.

Your donation helps us keep the pressure on Carney and defend the public health care system Canadians rely on.

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Haylee Keyes is the National Director of Development and Community Engagement for the Canadian Health Coalition

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