Feb 19, 2019
Canadians overwhelmingly support universal pharmacare: new poll
A national poll released today reveals that Canadians support a national universal prescription drug program, and they believe it is worthy of public investment.
Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
Protecting the health of patients and our national health system, and promoting nurses and the nursing profession at the national level - and doing it effectively - is the job of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.
Dec 3, 2018
Nurse practitioners are the innovative solution to Canada’s health care woes
Decades of rigorous evidence shows that nurse practitioners improve access to personalized, cost-effective, high-quality health care that reduces wait-times and costs throughout the health system.
Oct 22, 2018
CFNU statement on cannabis and workplace health and safety
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has released separate position statements on recreational and medical cannabis and occupational health and safety.
Sep 25, 2018
ME Consensus on the Best Model for National Pharmacare Announced by 70 Groups
Canada’s nurses join more than 70 national, provincial and territorial organizations from coast to coast to coast in announcing their Consensus Principles for National Pharmacare.
Jun 2, 2018
An open letter from Ontario's front line nurses to PC Leader Doug Ford
Ontario nurses can no longer stay silent about the Progressive Conservative Party’s lack of a full health care platform and proposal to find ‘efficiencies’ in government spending. Read the open letter
Apr 30, 2018
Nurses call Liberal pharmacare resolution an historic opportunity
"I applaud the Liberal members and MPs who have championed this pharmacare resolution throughout the Liberal policymaking process,” said Linda Silas, President of the CFNU
Dec 8, 2017
Ontario government announces nurses to be covered under PTSD presumptive legislation
The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is celebrating an announcement by the provincial government that nurses will be included in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) legislation.
Oct 31, 2017
Nova Scotia government legislates workers compensation benefits for nurses with PTSD
The CNFU applauds the passage of an amendment to Nova Scotia’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include presumptive coverage for nurses and other emergency response workers who are diagnosed with PTSD.
Dec 22, 2016
New report released to Canada's premiers denounces $62 billion wasted without pharmacare
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions provided all premiers with a new report tallying up wasted health-care dollars over the last 10 years, while Canadians wait for promised national pharmacare.
Jun 8, 2016
Physician-assisted dying will be guided by Court ruling for now
Canadian doctors are now free from criminal prosecution if they assist patients in ending their lives, following the federal government's failure to pass legislation by a June 6 deadline.
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