Webinar – The U.S. billionaires threatening Canada’s public health care
American-backed think tanks are openly praising Canada’s lack of intervention on Alberta’s two-tier health care reforms. Who are they? And why should we be concerned?
Join Canadian Health Coalition’s Anne Lagacé Dowson in conversation with Christopher Holcroft, Natalie Mehra and Nikolas Barry-Shaw on the U.S. billionaires threatening Canada’s public health care on November 3 at 12:00 PM on Zoom.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM ET
Christopher Holcroft is a Toronto-based writer and principal of Empower Consulting. A frequent contributor to The Tyee and Canadian Dimension, he is the author of ‘Under Carney, is Medicare still a Canadian value?’
Natalie Mehra is the executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. She has built the Health Coalition into the largest and broadest public interest group on health care in the province, representing more than half-a-million Ontarians.
Nikolas Barry-Shaw is the Council of Canadians‘ Trade and Privatization Campaigner. He is a Montreal-based writer, researcher, and activist. He is a frequent contributor to The Breach, where he authored, ‘Mark Carney’s investment summit could pave the way to a corporate carve-up of Canada.’
Anne Lagacé Dowson is the communications director of the Canadian Health Coalition. She is an award-winning radio host and journalist, a frequent commentator on Radio-Canada and Bell Media, and former host of CBC Radio One’s Radio Noon in Québec.
Webinars are recorded for later viewing on the Canadian Health Coalition’s youtube channel.
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