The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is disappointed by Budget 2021. “Canada’s nurses were counting on the government to honour its previous commitments, including implementing universal public pharmacare, developing national standards for long-term care and meaningfully responding to the growing funding crisis in our health care system. It is disappointing that little progress has been made … Read more
On the one-year anniversary of the WHO’s pandemic declaration, Canada’s nurses are renewing their call for better pandemic preparedness. As a result of governments not heeding the lessons from the 2003 SARS outbreak, Canada’s health care workers contracted COVID-19 at twice the global average during the first wave. “Canada had a chance, following SARS, to really … Read more
As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) prepares to gather with provincial and territorial premiers for their First Ministers’ Meeting Dec. 10, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is calling for urgent action to address the long-standing staffing crisis in Canada’s health care system, which only appears to be worsening during the pandemic. CFNU President, … Read more
More than 15 organizations, including the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), have signed their names to a letter urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.), Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (University—Rosedale, Ont.) and Health Minister Patty Hajdu (Thunder Bay—Superior North, Ont.) to move forward with “concrete” actions toward a universal national pharmacare program. “Following … Read more
In the midst of a second wave of COVID-19, Canadian and international experts are calling on the federal government to adopt the precautionary principle in its approach to protecting health care workers. Global experts are backing the key recommendations from Mario Possamai’s report, A Time of Fear: How Canada failed our health care workers and mismanaged COVID-19, which recommends that … Read more
An investigation into Canada’s management of COVID-19 and the safety of the nation’s health care workers has been released. The investigation’s report, A Time of Fear, details Canada’s systemic preventable failure to adequately prepare and urgently respond to the gravest public health emergency in a century. The independent investigation was commissioned by the Canadian Federation … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions encourages all parliamentarians to support the government’s recovery agenda. “Nurses across the country welcome the government’s commitments for this new session of parliament, including important steps toward implementing universal public pharmacare, developing national standards for long-term care and building further domestic capacity to manufacture personal protective equipment,” said Linda Silas, … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is urging federal decision-makers to rapidly enact emergency measures to keep health care workers safe from COVID‑19. “Nurses want more than our leaders’ gratitude and kind words; they want the federal government to guarantee access to the protective equipment they need when their professional judgment tells them to protect themselves,” said Linda Silas, … Read more
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is disappointed with the Speech from the Throne, which failed to make a clear commitment to implement a pharmacare program that is unequivocally public, universal and single-payer. “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) must stop hedging on pharmacare and follow the evidence overwhelmingly supporting a public, universal and single-payer program,” … Read more
Canada’s nurses are eager for meaningful action following the release of a report by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health on its study into violence against health care workers. “Nurses are delighted that our urgent call to address the epidemic of violence in health care has been heeded in the health committee’s report,” said Linda … Read more
