Does the Charter of Canada require a health care plan to comply with the law?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Covarrubias v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2005 FC 1193 (CanLII):
In Chaouilli v. Quebec (Attorney General) 2005 SCC 35 at paragraph 104, McLachlin C.J. and Major J., with concurrence by Bastarache J., stated succinctly: [t]he Charter does not confer a freestanding constitutional right to health care. However, where the government puts in place a scheme to provide health care, that scheme must comply with the charter."
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