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The SOS Medicare 3.0 conference aims to ensure that defending and expanding Medicare is on the 2025 election agenda. The conference builds on past SOS Medicare conferences held in 1979 and 2007 and would continue to amplify a vision for the future of Medicare.

Parliament Building

Join health care workers, advocates and experts this February in Ottawa as we gear up to mobilize for public health care before the federal election.

Hosts and Speakers

Co-hosts

Jason MacLean, NUPGE Secretary-Treasurer

Jason MacLean

Chair of Canadian Health Coalition

Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Linda Silas

President, Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Speakers

Mark Holland

Mark Holland

Minister of Health

Jagmeet Singh, NDP Leader

Jagmeet Singh

NDP Leader

Uzoma Asagwara, 
Minister of Health for Manitoba

Uzoma Asagwara

Minister of Health for Manitoba

Greg Marchildon

Greg Marchildon

Author of Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare

Charlie Angus MP for Timmins-James Bay

Charlie Angus

MP for Timmins-James Bay and author of Dangerous Memory: Coming of Age in the Decade of Greed

Other speakers include:

  • Pat Armstrong
  • Dr. Isabelle LeBlanc
  • Ivy Bourgeault
  • Dr. Brandon Doucet
  • Fae Johnstone
  • Y.Y. Chen
  • Frédérique Chabot
  • DJ Larkin
  • + more!

Political Action Training

Political Action Training presented by the Canadian Labour Congress

Canadian Labour Congress.  Congrès du travail du Canada

The Canadian Labour Congress Political Action Training will help you get ready to fight for public health care in the lead up to the federal election. You will develop skills and build winning plans for public health care.

Conference co-sponsors

Canadian Health Coalition (CHC)
Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU)
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SOS Medicare 3.0

Building a Public Health Care Movement

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