In the first week, the lawyers for the Plaintiffs (Cambie et al) gave their Opening Remarks, laying out their case over four days. This week (September 12-15, 2016), the Defendants and Intervenors will have the opportunity to do the same.

UPDATE: Monday and Tuesday, the Crown will give their Opening Remarks, with the Intervenors each giving their Opening Remarks on Wednesday, September 14. It is unclear whether Canada will be making any Remarks beyond their submissions as part of the trial.

Jen Kuhl, BC Health Coalition, video recap of Week One of the Cambie vs British Columbia Charter Challenge against health care.

Erin Seatter from Richochet connected with BC Health Coalition Campaigner Adam Lynes-Ford to talk about the case. The text is available below and you can see the full article here.

Briefly, can you outline the implications of the court case for health care?

Fundamentally the potential implications of the lawsuit are that many people in Canada won’t be able to afford health care and many people will end up waiting longer for treatment. This lawsuit strikes at the bedrock of Canadian public health care, which is the agreement that we will all be able to access care when we need it, based on our need and not our ability to pay for it.

Today, at an important case management meeting, we got confirmation that Dr. Brian Day's legal case will finally go to trial on September 6th 2016.

That means that in just four weeks, we'll be sitting in court, listening to the opening arguments in a case that could totally destroy Canadian public health care.