Canada's Nurses

Have a Heart Day | First Nations Child & Family Caring Society Have a Heart Day is a child and youth-led reconciliation event that brings together caring Canadians to help ensure First Nations children have the opportunity to grow up safely at home, get a good…

Merci à la Société de soutien à l’enfance et à la famille des Premières Nations du Canada pour votre leadership et votre défense de la #JournéeAyezUnCœur.

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Veiller à ce que les enfants puissent prospérer dans leur communauté, rester connectés à leur culture et bâtir un avenir sain est une responsabilité que nous partageons tous.

Les infirmières et infirmiers du Canada se sont engagés à assurer la santé, la sécurité et l’avenir prometteur des enfants des Premières Nations.

Have a Heart Day | First Nations Child & Family Caring Society Have a Heart Day is a child and youth-led reconciliation event that brings together caring Canadians to help ensure First Nations children have the opportunity to grow up safely at home, get a good…

Thank you to the @caringsociety.bsky.social for your leadership and advocacy on #HaveAHeartDay.

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Canada’s nurses are committed to the health, safety and bright futures of First Nations children. Ensuring children can thrive in their communities, stay connected to their cultures, and build healthy futures is a responsibility we all share.

Les données sont probantes : le Canada a besoin de ratios infirmières-patients sécuritaires.

Cette semaine, la FCSII accueille la première réunion du Conseil national pour la mise en œuvre des ratios infirmières-patients.

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The evidence is clear – Canada needs safe nurse-patient ratios.

This week, the CFNU hosted the first meeting of the National Council for Nurse-Patient Ratios Implementation.

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The CFNU extends our sincerest condolences to everyone killed, injured and impacted by the shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC.

Read the full statement from CFNU President Linda Silas here: nursesunions.ca/statement-on...

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

Health care is a human right

The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system

By Linda Silas @cfnu.bsky.social

www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/0...

Violence in healthcare is unacceptable.
We are hearing about it far too often, from far too many nurses.
This cannot be normalized. It must be taken seriously.
Nurses deserve safe workplaces. Full stop.
#SafeWorkplaces
#EndWorkplaceViolence
#ViolenceIsNotPartOfTheJob
#ZeroTolerance
#HealthcareSafety

NDP Calls for Protection of Canada Health Act – February 10, 2026 Gord Johns (NDP critic for health) speaks with reporters on Parliament Hill about the need to protect the Canada Health Act. He is joined by national health advocates Jason MacLean (Canadian Health C...

Watch our whole press conference @cdnhealthcoalition.bsky.social, @canadianlabour.bsky.social, @cfnu.bsky.social & MP Gord Johns: www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...

Yesterday FOM's Chris Gallaway called on Alberta MPs & the federal Health Minister to speak out against the Alberta government's Bill 11 & enforce the Canada Health Act to protect our public health care.

Bill 11 is an unequivocal threat to the very foundation of our Medicare. We need action now!

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

The CFNU is calling on Health Minister Marjorie Michel to enforce the Canada Health Act and protect Canada’s public health care system.

Find the full opinion piece on the risks of private, for-profit health care in the Hill Times.
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Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

Investments in public health are essential to protecting the timely and equitable health care Canada needs. Funding decisions made now will determine whether Canadians will continue to have access to public health care in practice, not just in theory.

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

...Policy choices that funnel public dollars towards privatization compound these pressures. 

The consequences are already being felt at the bedside.”

As CFNU President Linda Silas explains in her latest opinion piece, we know that privatization is not the answer to the health care crisis.

Health care is a human right The federal government cannot let privatization erode access to the public system.

“It’s time the federal government acts to safeguard our health system. Nurses and health-care workers point to chronic understaffing and unsafe workloads as the most urgent challenges in health care in our country..."

Suspending Memorial University’s accelerated nursing program raises serious concerns during an ongoing nursing shortage.

A strong nursing workforce starts with education, flexibility, and long-term planning.

🔗 Read the full release: tinyurl.com/45e7jtcv

#ExpertCare
#FutureOfNursing
#TrainNurses

Privatization cannot go unchecked Explore the effects of privatized, for-profit health care on Canada’s public system. Learn how shifting resources away from public care impacts nurses, health care quality, and community well-being.

"...It is by providing stable funding, stable staffing, respecting your health care workforce, providing pharmacare to everyone that needs it and by the list goes."

When public health care is under attack, we fight back! Join the fight to protect public health care at buff.ly/c4sNYyM

As CFNU President Linda Silas said at today’s rally, "We know it's hard out there. If you are a patient, if you are a family member or a health care worker, it's a mess. And it is not by privatizing our system that we will fix it..."

Our public health care system was founded on the belief that every single person deserves care, regardless of where they come from or how much money they have. Today, creeping health care privatization threatens this promise. Nurses are standing up for a public health care system for all.

The CFNU is proud to spend today advocating for a stronger public health care system as a part of the Canadian Health Coalition’s Lobby Day. Thank you to MP Karina Gould for this morning’s productive meeting with CFNU Secretary-Treasurer Angela Preocanin and our group of public health care advocates

CFNU President Linda Silas and nurses from across the country are ready to take over the Hill tomorrow to stand up for public health care!

Join the CFNU and the Canadian Health Coalition at 12 p.m. on Parliament Hill to rally support for public health care.

When public health care is under attack, we stand up and fight back! Join CFNU at the Canadian Health Coalition rally on Tuesday to stand up for public health care.

Learn more at www.healthcoalition.ca/save-public-....

Stand up for public health care! This Tuesday, join CFNU and the Canadian Health Coalition for a rally to support public health care. Strengthening public health care is the nation building project everyone in Canada needs!

The CFNU condemns the violent repression of protests and strikes that began in Iran this January. CFNU calls for the immediate end to the ongoing crackdown on health care workers and civilians following the January protests.

Read the full statement: nursesunions.ca/cfnu-stateme...

La FCSII condamne la répression violente des manifestations et des grèves qui a débuté en Iran en janvier dernier.

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Thank you to Canada’s Chief Nursing Officer, Dr. Leigh Chapman, for meeting with the CFNU National Executive Board for an insightful discussion about the impact of the federal government’s last budget on Canada’s health care systems. #Budget2025 #CFNULobbyDay

Violence in healthcare is not inevitable — it’s the result of choices.

During CFNU lobby day, RNU President Yvette Coffey met with federal leaders to push for action on workplace violence, safe staffing, and mental health care.

A safe system is non-negotiable.
#EndViolenceInHealthcare

ONA is raising serious concerns about staffing decisions being made by Southeast Public Health (SEPH), particularly around the layoff of the public health unit’s sole nurse practitioner.

Read our full release: https://ona.org/news/20260204-seph-np-layoff/

🙅‍♀️❌🏥 Violence against nurses and health care workers is never acceptable. That’s why UNA President Heather Smith and VP Danielle Larivee joined the leaders of other provincial nurses unions in Ottawa this week to bring the issue of workplace violence directly to MPs and Senators on Parliament Hill.