Charter Review As a Health Care Accountability Mechanism in Canada‪.‬

I. Introduction Not surprisingly, given the degree to which Canadians perceive access to health care as a fundamental right, the accountability of the health care system in Canada has become a major health reform issue. With growing debates over the accessibility of the publicly funded system, especially around the issue of waiting times for care, questions have been raised about who health care decision-makers are accountable to, how, and for what decisions. Catherine Regis explains the source and importance of the public's expectation of accountability in this area: