Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions

Access to health care must be ministers' top priority: health organizations

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Oct. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - As Canada's health ministers gather in Charlottetown, P.E.I., national health care organizations are calling for clear action plans to unlock federal funding and urgently improve access to care for Canadians.

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  • CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Oct. 10, 2023 /CNW/ - As Canada's health ministers gather in Charlottetown, P.E.I., national health care organizations are calling for clear action plans to unlock federal funding and urgently improve access to care for Canadians.
  • Meanwhile, Canada is experiencing population growth at a rate not seen in decades and health care providers are struggling to keep up with the volume and complexity of required care.
  • Our organizations are prepared to work with all levels of government on tangible solutions to reform our health care system and improve working conditions for providers and access to care for patients.
  • From community health centres to nurse practitioner-led clinics, nurses are eager to play a greater, expanded role in primary care as part of a broader team of health care providers."

David Suzuki, Labour, Health, Refugee and Climate Organizations Unite to Call for Status for All

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Friday, September 15, 2023
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The groups are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to deliver on his promise to provide permanent status and equal rights for all migrants in Canada.

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  • The groups are calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to deliver on his promise to provide permanent status and equal rights for all migrants in Canada.
  • It has been twenty months since Prime Minister Trudeau gave mandate letter instructions to provide permanent resident status for undocumented people, migrant workers, students, and families.
  • Hundreds of thousands of people in Canada suffer from poverty, fear, and exploitation because they are denied permanent resident status.
  • The moment to act on a historic and pragmatic opportunity to better thousands of lives is now."

Government of Canada and Chief Nursing Officer hosted the Nursing Retention Forum to address health workforce challenges

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023
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Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address health workforce challenges.

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  • Health workers are the backbone of the health care system, and the Government of Canada is working with provinces and territories, as well as the Coalition for Action for Health Workers and other key partners to address health workforce challenges.
  • Additionally, it will support more team-based models of care and leverage new technologies to transform the health system in order to address the health workforce crisis.
  • Today, the Government of Canada hosted a Nursing Retention Forum, led by Canada's Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Leigh Chapman, bringing together the nursing community, employers, and frontline workers from across the country to discuss the current health workforce crisis including strategies to address and improve nursing retention.
  • On August 23, 2022, Health Canada announced that it had appointed Dr. Leigh Chapman as Chief Nursing Officer, to look at pan-Canadian nursing issues and providing strategic advice to Health Canada on priority policy and program areas.

Nearly 1,000 health providers urge PM Trudeau to deliver on regularization promise

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
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Ensuring equal rights and access for all migrants is critical for closing systemic gaps in health inequities.

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  • Ensuring equal rights and access for all migrants is critical for closing systemic gaps in health inequities.
  • Dr. Monika Dutt, a public health physician in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador says, "Health providers are asking Prime Minister Trudeau to fix a historic wrong by delivering a comprehensive and inclusive regularization program.
  • We are a group of doctors, nurses, health workers, and experts who have been leading voices for paid sick days as an urgent, evidence-based public health measure.
  • Health for All Network consists of members of the health community across Canada who support full and permanent immigration status as a way to improve individual and community health.

MEDIA ADVISORY - Health care groups call on premiers to make Canada's collapsing health system their top priority

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
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Our health care crisis must be the priority, and an action plan is urgently required.

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  • Our health care crisis must be the priority, and an action plan is urgently required.
  • "We know that fixing the health care system will take time but deferring any tangible action will only deepen the cracks.
  • When a universal health system is not able to provide basic health care needs to Canadians, we must accept that it has failed and work together to fix it.
  • While the pandemic certainly struck a severe blow, our health care system has been reeling from a decades-long health care worker shortage that continues to grow unabated thanks to untenable working conditions.

Canadian doctors call for tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising in Canada

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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The signatories to today's open letter are calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads for similar reasons.

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  • The signatories to today's open letter are calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads for similar reasons.
  • The open letter proposes a comprehensive ban on fossil fuel advertising including ads for gasoline, fossil fuel utilities, and gas-powered vehicles.
  • The letter kicks off the Fossil Fuel Ads Make Us Sick campaign the first fossil fuel ad-ban campaign in the world led by health professionals.
  • It is our collective responsibility to create change at a systemic level, starting with the banning of fossil fuel advertising in Canada."

Canada’s unions united with nurses in demanding urgent government action

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Friday, September 17, 2021
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OTTAWA, Sept. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the pandemic strains Canada’s public health care systems, nurses are sounding the alarm that urgent action is needed by all levels of government to fix Canada’s nursing crisis.

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  • OTTAWA, Sept. 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As the pandemic strains Canadas public health care systems, nurses are sounding the alarm that urgent action is needed by all levels of government to fix Canadas nursing crisis.
  • The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unionsand provincial nurses unions across Canada are holding a National Day of Action today , making sure our health care system is top of mind when voters go to vote on Monday.
  • Canadas unions are proud to stand in solidarity today with nurses across the country.
  • I urge voters to reject Mr. OTooles empty words and vote to strengthen our public health care system.