Health-care workforce crisis and housing affordability top pre-budget advocacy on the Hill

The federal budget does 'not go far enough' to address a labour crisis facing the healthcare sector, says the president of the Canadian Nurses Association Sylvain Brousseau.

Finance Minister Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on April 7, which included funding to address housing affordability, the rollout of a dental care program, and a proposal for a refundable investment tax credit for companies with carbon capture, utilization and storage expenses, starting in 2022.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

April 18, 2022

Advocacy addressing the labour crisis in the health-care sector is just getting started, following the federal budget that didn’t adequately address worker retention, according to the president of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA).

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