A new report by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), released at the Council of the Federation, revealed that reductions in federal health transfers may be greater than first feared, leading to a greater strain on provinces already struggling to sustain Canada’s public health care system.

Today CUPE workers employed by Halifax Water will be picketing the Halifax Water Lower Water Street location.

Canadians are looking for leadership from the federal government to build our national health care system, rather than tear it down, a new poll from Abacus Data, commissioned by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, shows.

Canada’s Nurses are standing up for the country’s health care system this federal election, as the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and the provincial nurses unions it represents will register as third-party advertisers for the first time in the organization’s history.

Today the Liberal Government announced the 2015/16 budget, and in doing so, put the onus on nurses and other public sector workers to help reduce the provincial debt.