Ontario Nurses Association Local 67 Providence Care Hospital

08/01/2026

August 1 is Emancipation Day: a day not just about honouring the past, as the legacy of slavery continues to have an affect on the lives of African Canadians today. Emancipation Day is about learning Canada’s collective history—not rewriting that history, but telling a more complete history that includes the history of slavery.

Therefore, each August 1, Canadians are invited to reflect, educate, and engage in the ongoing fight against intersectional forms of anti-Black racism and discrimination.

Learn more about this important day: https://ona.org/news/emancipation-day/

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08/01/2026

We are proud to welcome nurses in Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut to our membership!

Represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), more than 1,300 nurses in the territories are now affiliated with the CFNU. Read the statement: https://nursesunions.ca/uniting-canadas-nurses-from-coast-to-coast-to-coast/

PSAC North PSAC - AFPC

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Just a 1% increase in public health care spending would raise real GDP in Canada by billions of dollars in the first year alone. This isn’t the time for austerity, it’s time for investment. Learn about how public health care helps make our economy strong: https://nursesunions.ca/research/the-economic-impact-of-increased-public-sector-health-spending-in-canada/

08/01/2026

From direct to indirect job creation to contributing a substantial proportion to our GDP, Canada’s public health care system deserves recognition for the significant role it plays in anchoring and building our economy. Learn more: https://nursesunions.ca/research/the-economic-benefits-of-canadas-public-health-care-system/

08/01/2026

Mandatory minimum nurse-to-patient ratios have the potential to transform our public health care system for the better. Learn more at ratios.nursesunions.ca.

08/01/2026

Just a 1% increase in public health care spending would raise real GDP in Canada by billions of dollars in the first year alone… So why are we facing federal funding cliffs for key health care agreements?

$1.2 billion in federal funding for home and community care and mental health and addictions services next March. Another $600 million per year in federal long-term care funding expires the following year. There are no current plans to continue this funding.

These agreements fund services that help seniors, people with complex medical conditions, people leaving hospitals who need support at home, improvements to safety in long-term care homes. And so much more.

As CFNU President Linda Silas writes in this opinion piece, Canada doesn’t need more austerity measures. We need sound investment into a public health care system that works for everyone in Canada and strengthens our economy. Now that’s something we could all be proud of.

Find the full piece available (for free) in the top link here: https://tr.ee/KD6ETqndF5