People protest Alberta's dual practice health model outside premiers conference

https://i.cbc.ca/ais/b4ebac85-35b0-453d-a427-a9451508ccfa,1784761322142/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C176%2C6096%2C3429%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Health care advocates rally outside the Council of the Federation as premiers meet in Charlottetown on July 22, 2026.

More than 100 others gathered outside the premiers conference to protest Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plans to allow some physicians to offer privately paid surgical procedures, while also working in the public system." width="620" />

Advocates are urging the federal government to increase health care funding and impose more conditions on what the provinces can do with that money.