The following opinion editorial was published by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and the CFNU and first appeared in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix on January 25, 2023. This winter, Saskatchewan’s registered nurses are feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and unheard. Chronic understaffing has registered nurses working harder than ever in situations that are increasingly dangerous to both health-care […]
Read MoreThe following opinion editorial was published by the United Nurses of Alberta and the CFNU and first appeared in the Edmonton Journal on January 25, 2023. Alberta is starting 2023 in a health-care crisis, which has been with us for a long time and just seems to go on and on. Albertans understand a dire […]
Read MoreThe following opinion editorial was published by the Manitoba Nurses’ Union and the CFNU and first appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press on January 21, 2023. You don’t have to be ill to know Manitoba’s health-care system is only barely functioning. In fact, it has become entirely dependent on nurses working substantial overtime to keep […]
Read MoreSilas: Unless we act on the health staffing crisis, patient care will get even worse January 19, 2022 (Ottawa, ON) – Canada’s frontline nurses are launching a new campaign to rally public support behind urgent action to protect patient care by addressing dire nursing shortages. “Too many Canadians aren’t getting the care they need while […]
Read MoreThe following opinion editorial was published by the Ontario Nurses’ Association and the CFNU and first appeared in the Toronto Star on January 18, 2023. From first-hand experience, Ontarians understand we are in a health-care crisis. Multiple pediatric hospitals in Ontario have been coping with a surge in severely ill children and a shortage of […]
Read MoreThe following opinion editorial was published by the CFNU and first appeared in the Toronto Star on January 1, 2023. We are starting 2023 in a health crisis. After years spent worrying about our seniors and those suffering from the backlog in surgeries, pediatric emergency rooms are now stretched to their breaking point — with heartbreaking results. Canadians […]
Read MoreFrom all of us at the CFNU, we’d like to wish you a safe and joyous holiday season and a Happy New Year. This year has been challenging, to say the least: health care workers are understaffed and overwhelmed, trying to provide the best care they can; patients are waiting record times for care; families […]
Read MoreJoint letter from the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Canadian Medical Association and Canadian Nurses Association asks for urgent meeting around health care worker shortages November 24, 2022 (Ottawa, ON) — Following the disappointing results of the recent Health Ministers’ Meeting in Vancouver, a group of Canada’s leading health care organizations is requesting an urgent […]
Read MoreSilas: Governments must put politics aside, listen to nurses and act on solutions November 17, 2022 (Ottawa, ON) — Canada’s nurses released a new report today, Sustaining Nursing in Canada, along with their partners the Canadian Health Workforce Network. The report proposes a set of concrete actionable solutions to help meaningfully solve the health care […]
Read MoreNovember 8, 2022 (Vancouver, BC) — Canada faces one of the worst health care crises and nursing shortages in its history, hurting patient care in every region of the country. Amid this crisis, Canada’s nurses were hoping to see meaningful collaboration and action by federal, provincial and territorial governments during this week’s Health Ministers’ Meeting in […]
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