Silas: Federal Election 2025 must highlight patient safety solutions March 26, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – A new nation-wide survey of nurses reveals the deplorable state of health care in Canada, and the pressing need for federal parties to commit to enhancing patient and worker safety through concrete action. “Nurses on the front lines share the […]
Read MoreSilas: Fixing staffing shortages is the key to fixing access to care March 13, 2025 (Ottawa, ON) – Canadians name long wait times for access to medical care as the most pressing challenge facing our health care system, in a new survey commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). The national survey, conducted […]
Read MoreSilas: Protect patients, protect health professionals, protect public health care. January 30, 2025 (HALIFAX, NS) – Nurse union leaders from across the country joined Canada’s health ministers in Halifax today for a policy discussion with allied health organizations focused on supporting health care workers for the future of public health care. “This is a critical moment […]
Read MoreSilas: Health ministers heard our message loud and clear – we must stop spending money on costly private staffing and invest in committed, permanent nurses. October 13, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – Canada’s nurses unions are encouraged by governments’ collaborative commitments to bolster the health care workforce, following this week’s productive meetings in P.E.I. “Repairing our […]
Read MoreSilas: Growing reliance on private staffing agencies and excessive hours of work are failing patients and nurses across Canada. October 12, 2023 (CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.) – Phasing out private nursing agencies and ensuring safe hours of work were the focus of today’s policy briefing between Canada’s union nurses and federal, provincial and territorial health ministers. “Relying […]
Read MoreSilas: Collaboration on retaining nurses is vital to all areas of care October 11, 2023 (CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I.) – As the country’s health ministers hold critical meetings around the future of our public health systems, Canada’s nurses are urging all levels of government to fix the nursing shortage and end the crisis in care. That was the message […]
Read MoreSilas: No single province or territory can steer this ship on its own. Federal leadership on a national nursing retention strategy is urgently needed to turn this ship around. August 4, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – Canada’s frontline nurses are calling on the federal government to build on the foundations of Budget 2023 and lead the […]
Read MoreSilas: Governments must act urgently to better retain nurses and save our health care system March 23, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – As the health staffing crisis rages on, an alarming number of nurses across the country are looking for the exit sign. Four in 10 nurses are either intending to retire, leave their jobs, or […]
Read MoreMarch 7, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – Monday’s new report on the difficult working conditions facing health workers is the latest call for urgent action to address the dire lack of nurses and other health professionals plaguing Canada’s health care system. The new Parliamentary report from the House Standing Committee on Health was tabled in the […]
Read MoreSilas: Action to support nurses and protect the patients they care for must be top priority in health agreements February 6, 2023 (Ottawa, ON) – As Canadians worry about getting the care they need, it is critical the Prime Minister and Canada’s Premiers usher in an era of monumental change as they meet in Ottawa […]
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