🗣️ “Reliable, universal, public health care is fundamental to Canadians.” - Justin Trudeau Health care should never depend on your ability to pay. Every person in 🇨🇦 deserves access to the health services they need, regardless of who you are or where you live. #cdnpoli

I’m not going to stop defending the work of Justin Trudeau and the federal government because you insult, taunt, pile on, or fiercely disagree with me. Poilievre wants his supporters to be loud, angry, and intimidating. But I don’t listen to bullies. Or vote for them. #cdnpoli

NEW: National standards have been released for long-term care. Now, it’s time to stop the jurisdictional bickering & increase funding. Hire more staff. Improve working conditions. Ensure high quality care. And support not-for-profit delivery of care. Our elders deserve better.

"You're going to see more protests, more pickets across the province as our nurses get louder." Bernie Robinson, ONA's Interim President, shares how members are taking their push for #BetterStaffingBetterCare beyond the bargaining table. #SupportNurses cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

As a doctor who works in long-term care, I am so tired of trying to care for seniors, only to see that care cannot be provided due to understaffing & underfunding in long-term care. We need to legislate, fund, implement and enforce national long-term care standards, NOW.

At every step of preparations for bargaining, ONA members have shaped the process. It was your 1000 pages of comments in the Have Your Say bargaining survey that clearly communicated your contract priorities: safe staffing & better wages. #BetterStaffingBetterCare🧵1/4

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! The Fraser Institute Wants Doug Ford To Reduce Ontario Workers’ Wages(pressprogress.ca/fraser-institu…)

"We're looking for respectful wage increases, and basically to be able to retain nurses so that we can have the staff there to improve working conditions and improve care for patients." - Bernie Robinson, ONA Interim President #SupportNurses #ONpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

📢Save Our Local Public Hospitals! The Ford government is doing nothing to solve the crisis in our hospitals. In fact, they have made it worse. Now they are privatizing our local public hospitals. Unless we stop them. Registrations for local town halls listed below 1/10 🧵

Today, nurses & health-care professionals stood united for #BetterStaffingBetterCare! We stand in solidarity behind our bargaining demands. This is the start of escalating actions to come! #SupportNurses

BREAKING: Under Doug Ford Dr's appts take months, Pap test results take 5 months and Emerg visits take hours even if arriving in an ambulance. #Healthcare is being destroyed. All because it's chronically UNDERFUNDED

Glad to hear our PM emphasize the importance of public health care. Now let's make our health care system truly universal by expanding access to #PrimaryCare, implementing #pharmacare and #dentalcare, and taking profits out of the equation. #cdnpoli #cdnhealth

Mornin' Justin Trudeau. As you meet with premiers on healthcare, know that, as a tax-payer, I want strings attached to the $$ they receive. I want open reporting on what they $$ is being spent on. And I want it made clear that none of my tax $$ go to private anything. #Strings

Before you believe the conservative narrative that the Federal govt needs to do their part when it comes to healthcare, be aware of the facts. I have but one question for the premiers when it comes to healthcare: Where specifically is the money going? 1/2 canada.ca/en/department-…

Hope y’all stocked up on respirators 😵‍💫

We're bargaining for a better contract for 60,000 hospital nurses & health-care professionals. With your support, we can improve the staffing crisis and make Ontario’s public health care better for everyone. How will you #SupportNurses? valuenurses.ca

All of Canada 🇨🇦 should be protesting privatized healthcare. Retweet if you agree!

The "status quo" has hospital ORs fully operational 40h per week. (8-4pm, M-F). The "innovative" idea is creating a parallel for-profit system with no designated regulator. @ongov could immediately increase capacity by 25% to 50h/week by funding extended OR hours from 7am-5pm.