It will take action, not handshakes, to fix Canada’s health-care crisis

Increased federal health-care funding and bilateral agreements with the provinces and territories are welcome, but let’s not fall under the illusion that the health workforce crisis has vanished.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with a staffer before appearing at the House Health Committee on March 23, 2023. The federal government can immediately start addressing problems driving nurses out of the profession through a new Nurse Retention Fund, writes Linda Silas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LINDA SILAS

April 10, 2023

Budget 2023 reads like the federal government hoisted a “mission accomplished” banner declaring our health-care crisis over. I've got news for them: our frontline nurses are still facing dangerous working conditions, worsening staff shortages, and cancelled vacations.

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