Canada's first 'For-Profit' Hospital/Approved Surgical 
Facility (HRG) - Formerly Calgary's Grace Hospital

Calgary Chapter

Friends Of Medicare (FOM)

Our Story - Past, Present & Future 

1.  Welcome to the Calgary Link - Calgary Chapter Introduction and Upcoming Meeting

2. Press Release - David Himmelstein's lecture on "Profit from Pain in U.S. Health Care: A Warning for Canada" on Tuesday, August 29/00 @ 7:30 pm at the Libin Theatre, Foothills Hospital - 3330 Hospital Drive, N.W.
Click on Information Poster for more info.

3. Brief History of Medicare from 1867 to 1995.
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Choose a Topic - Write a letter

Choose a Topic below or one of your own:

1.  I am a Friend of Medicare - I do not support Bill 11 - you should not support it either

2.  A friend of mine has "jumped the queue" for an operation

3.  A friend of mine has had to wait so long for an MRI

4.  A friend of mine has paid so much for some extras in eye surgery

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Write a letter - Online or Offline:

Influential Governmental Officials/Organizations/Commissions and their e-mail addresses/phone numbers:

1.  To your Member of Parliament (MP) [postage free also] at http://canada.gc.ca

2.  To your Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) at 310-0000 [toll free]

3.  To the NEW provincial Minister of Health - Gary Mar at gmar@assembly.ab.ca and at Calgary_Nose_Creek@assembly.ab.ca

4.  To the federal Minister of Health - Allan Rock [postage free also] at Rock.A@parl.gc.ca

5.  To your Calgary Chapter Chair - Judy Johnson at judyjo@telusplanet.net

6.  To the Edmonton Friends of Medicare Chair - Christine Burdett at mcb@compusmart.ab.ca

7.  To our Premier - Ralph Klein at Premier@gov.ab.ca and at Calgary_Elbow@assembly.ab.ca

8.  To the Prime Minister of Canada, Rt. Honourable, Jean Chretien [postage free also] at pm@pm.gc.ca

9.  To the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson at info@gg.ca

10. To the federal Minister of Justice Honourable Anne McLellan at mclela@parl.gc.ca

11. To the Law Commission of Canada at info@lcc.gc.ca

12. To the College of Physicians and Surgeons: The Registrar, Dr. Ohlhauser at malbright@cpsa.ab.ca

13. To the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, Her Excellency Lois Hole at astrid.casavant@gov.ab

14. To the Ethics Commissioner, Robert Clark at ksouth@oipc.ab.ca

15. To the Federal Ethics Counselor, Honourable John Manley at www.strategis.ic.gc.ca

16. To our former provincial Minister of Health at ahinform@health.gov.ab.ca and at
  Ponoka-Rimbey@assembly.ab.ca

17. To our provincial Acting Leader of the NDP, MLA at rpannu@assembly.ab.ca and at Edmonton_Strathcona@assembly.ab.ca

18. To the creator of Bill 11, MLA Ron Stevens at rstevens@assembly.ab.ca and at Calgary_Glenmore@assembly.ab.ca

19. To the Leader of the Official Opposition in the Alberta Legislature, Nancy MacBeth at nmacbeth@assembly.ab.ca and at Edmonton_McClung@assembly.ab.ca

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Newspaper Articles

1.  City hospitals get $273M shot in arm - Edmonton Journal, Friday June 23, 2000

2.  Docs hope new deal will cure medical ills - The Province, Friday June 23, 2000