As such, health care should be accessible to all people regardless of their ability to pay, he said. Health care is ministry, not a commodity to be sold in the marketplace. Our concern is to make sure that it remains true to the principles of the Canada Health Act and that it remains accessible to all Canadians. At the convention, the CHAC decided to continue its partnership with other health, social and anti-poverty organizations. The groups want the federal government to develop a comprehensive network of policies aimed at eliminating poverty and the barriers to health experienced by people in poverty.
Poor people have more health problems than rich people.
The CHAC will also press for stronger safeguards for Canada's publicly-funded health care in the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas and for a total ban on human cloning. Married with two adult children, Klug is a former priest of the Edmonton Archdiocese. Ordained in 1960, he left the priesthood in 1977 disenchanted with the clerical system. He took a position as staff psychologist at the Misericordia as soon as he left. His wife Claire is a health care chaplain.