August 12, 2026 The Right Honourable Mark Carney Prime Minister of Canada Dear Prime Minister Carney, On September 26, 2025, I wrote to you regarding the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza, created by what a UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded is a genocide being committed by Israel. As nurses, we are horrified by what we […]
July 14, 2026 The Hon. David Eby Premier of British Columbia Subject: Canada’s nurses are watching Dear Premier Eby, On behalf of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), representing 250,000 frontline unionized nurses and nursing students in every sector of health across Canada and, in this instance, nurses across the country more broadly, we […]
Dear BCNU Members, We all know this isn’t about making history. It’s about respect. Over the years, thousands of promises have been made. Some have been kept, and some are still being worked on. Yet your work remains difficult, demanding and, too often, dangerous. From a 2024 BCNU member survey we learned that: 81% of nurses […]
May 13, 2026 The Hon. Minister Michel Minister of Health of Canada Re: Open Letter on Future of Pharmacare in Canada Dear Minister Michel, On April 23, 2026, you stated during question period that federal pharmacare is a program “set to end in the coming years.” This troubling statement appears to be part of ongoing […]
