Concurrent Event (Session: a)

Worth Fighting For: Social justice and the value of public services

Sun, November 21, 2010 | 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
ETLC Building

Speakers: Diana Gibson, James Clancy

Medicare and the providing for Canadians regardless of income used to be a popular symbol of what it means to be Canadian. That vision came under attack in the as privatizers tried to convince Canadians to look after themselves, not others. How can ‘progressives’ re-write the national vision of a caring and sharing Canada for the 21st century?