VICTORIA, British Columbia, July 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Canada’s unions welcomed the Council of the Federation’s name for elevated federal well being transfers however Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, warned Canada’s premiers that new funding should take motion to repair the well being employee disaster and enhance affected person entry and care.
“Canada’s health care workers are looking at yet another summer without a break as terrible staffing shortages put an unbearable strain on the people who deliver care,” mentioned Bruske, who was in Victoria this week to interact the premiers. “Canada’s unions support the premiers’ call for increased investments from the federal government. But new funding must include accountability and be tied to strengthening public health care and addressing the dangerous shortage of health workers.”
Bruske mentioned new investments should even be linked to motion that ensures all Canadians have entry to inexpensive medicines and dental care; establishes requirements and will get income out of long-term care; and fights again towards creeping privatization, so high quality public well being care is there for generations of Canadians to return.
“Frontline health care workers have been warning for years about the damage chronic underfunding has been doing to our public health care system, damage laid bare by the pandemic. Sadly, governments failed to heed these warnings,” continued Bruske. “Now, only provincial, territorial and federal governments working together with health care workers can fix this crisis.”
Bruske added that Canada’s unions needed to thank B.C. Premier John Horgan for placing well being care entrance and centre for the Council of the Federation.
“Let me add a sincere thank you to John Horgan,” concluded Bruske. “As chair of the Council, Premier Horgan has put strengthening health care at the centre of the premiers’ agenda. His positive and constructive leadership will be missed.”
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