Take Action for Pharmacare
Council of Canadians joins with national organizations in call for pharmacare The Council of Canadians joined with the Canadian Health Coalition and other national and regional organizations to send a joint letter to the Prime Minister, the Minister of Health and the Minister of Finance to call for immediate federal government action to implement universal, public pharmacare. […]
Action for Reform in Residential Care
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3206 PETITION TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED Whereas: COVID-19 has exposed both the degradation and suffering of vulnerable seniors in many long-term care (LTC) facilities, and the instability of the work force; Privatization and deregulation have eroded the care seniors receive and profit is made at a cost to seniors, workers and […]
Seniors and Long Term Care
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Let’s Ride! Make Public Transit BC Wide
Welcome to the campaign to make BC public transit province-wide. Now that the BC NDP has a majority government we need to press them for public transit. We are also calling for endorsements from citizens and interested groups across the province. This includes the Union of BC Indian Chiefs which has written to NDP Premier […]
Remove Financial Barriers for Rural British Columbians Seeking Healthcare Services
The BC Rural Health Network is sponsoring a petition to Remove Financial Barriers for Rural British Columbians Seeking Healthcare Services We call on the British Columbia Premier and Cabinet to present this petition to the Legislative Assembly and bring forward legislation that removes financial barriers to health services caused when rural residents require care away from home. Signing […]
Transportation
Welcome to the campaign to make BC public transit province-wide. Now that the BC NDP has a majority government we need to press them for public transit. We are also calling for endorsements from citizens and interested groups across the province. This includes the Union of BC Indian Chiefs which has written to NDP Premier […]
Support Our Elderly in LTC and Seniors’ Care Homes
PETITION: SUPPORT OUR ELDERLY IN LONG-TERM CARE AND SENIORS’ CARE HOMESJoin us in calling on the federal government to bring homes into public hands, provide a coordinated seniors’ care strategy to be implemented in all provinces and territories, and ensure all seniors’ home workers have all the support, tools and equipment they need.To sign, click […]
Seniors Deserve Better | BC-GEU
Seniors Deserve Better Study after study has confirmed that seniors in for-profit care receive inferior support and suffer worse health outcomes compared to those in publicly-funded or non-profit alternatives. That’s because the profit motive inherent in private systems is directly at odds with spending money on things like adequate staffing or decent pay and benefits. Right now, 79 […]
Fix Long Term Care – CUPE
Long-term care is in crisis – and it has been for years. Decades of underfunding, understaffing, and a focus on profit instead of care have left the system tragically unprepared for the health crisis we’re facing with COVID-19. It is time to recognize long-term care for what it is: health care. And it’s time for […]
Make Seniors Care part of our Public Healthcare System
New research by the Toronto Star found that seniors living in for-profit care homes are four times more likely to die from the virus than seniors in public homes. [1] Study after study shows these offer inferior care because they’re designed to maximize profits — not seniors’ health.[2][3] The virus has exposed the gaps in our long-term care […]