Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) was sworn in and named his new 31-member cabinet, including Dr. Jane Philpott as Minister of Health. As Canada’s national voice for registered nurses, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) welcomes Philpott and is committed to collaborating with her on healthy public policy. “Dr. Jane Philpott’s background in family medicine suggests she … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) was sworn in and named his new 31-member cabinet, including Dr. Jane Philpott as Minister of Health. As Canada’s national voice for registered nurses, the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) welcomes Philpott and is committed to collaborating with her on healthy public policy. “Dr. Jane Philpott’s background in family medicine … Read more
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) thanks the Liberal Party of Canada for releasing a plan for health care earlier today, which included proposed investments in the expansion of home care. As health is unequivocally an issue that affects every Canadian, it is encouraging to see it in the headlines during the current federal election campaign. CNA … Read more
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) welcomes the New Democratic Party pledge of $1.8 billion in new health-care funding. A portion of these funds will be used to create 5,000 new nursing home beds across the country to increase the options for seniors care and better support home care and long-term care. CNA is also pleased with … Read more
The Canadian Nurses Association is encouraged to see seniors heath care featured prominently in the Green Party of Canada’s 2015 federal election platform. “The Green Party of Canada’s commitment to create a national seniors strategy, which would address predictable home care support, aligns with CNA’s federal recommendations to improve seniors health care,” said CNA president Karima … Read more
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) is encouraged to see health being included in the federal election discourse, and we call upon all parties to publish their platforms on health issues. The association said that the Liberal party pledge to create an employment insurance compassionate care benefit could potentially help the millions of Canadians now caring … Read more
The Canadian Nurses Association launched its “Health Is Where the Home Is” digital campaign for better seniors care and healthy aging, including an interactive website. As the election campaign gets underway, CNA wants to draw attention to the significant gaps in seniors home care and the recommendations it has developed for federal leaders. “CNA and Canadians are using … Read more
While in Victoria for the Council of the Federation meetings, the Canadian Nurses Association and the Canadian Medical Association welcomed the provincial Premiers' commitment to building the best publicly-funded national health care system, an innovation agenda and dialogue with the federal government. President of the CMA John Haggie said Canada needs to once again hold … Read more
