Your election update edition from the BC Health Coalition
September 20 is Election Day in Canada with advance polling starting on September 10.
As we navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen the importance of universal health care as a public good for all regardless of income, age, immigration status, or where we live. Unfortunately, our public health care system does not meet everyone's needs. This is the result of years of underfunding and attack from private interests. We need a federal government who will commit to improving and defending the public health care system we all rely on.
Please click here to find information about some... of the most important issues in health care this election, including a list of questions you can ask candidates.
With the BC Government's commitment to introduce a provincial paid sick leave program and federal election promises of implementing similar federal programs, what happens in BC could form the blueprint of a paid sick benefit for all Canadians. We strongly encourage all workers to participate in BC Government's Paid Sick Leave Survey by September 14th.
"For many Canadians, these costs are such a burden that they avoid taking the medicines they need. A poll from the Angus Reid Institute last October found that one in four Canadian households struggles financially to fill prescriptions. The problem is more acute among women, racialized Canadians, Indigenous people and young people".
Read this op-ed by Beatrice Bruske, Doug Roth and Linda Silas.
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