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04/20/2026

📕Education from United Nurses of Alberta.
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04/20/2026

No plans May 1st? Join us for a creative and informative movie night highlighting the risks of privatized healthcare.

Understanding facts and myths, and practitioner experience may help us envision what nurses, and your future might have in store. Join us to review the book, then grab some popcorn, watch an episode, and see what the chatter is about.

The book “This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor” provides comical yet terrifying insights into a healthcare system that is part private, part public.

Conversation on publicly funded, publicly delivered care has never been so critical.

Join the dialogue! Registration on DMS
Seating & popcorn: 17:00
Screening @ 17:15-21:00
SARO 60 Uxborough Place NW

04/19/2026

04/19/2026

📢❗🚨 Join Friends of Medicare and ER physician Dr. Paul Parks for an urgent conversation about public health care on zoom today at 5:00 pm.
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04/18/2026

Leaders of 50-plus Alberta and Canadian health advocacy organizations urge Ottawa to enforce Canada Health Act

Letter to PM and federal Health Minister says Alberta’s Bill 11 puts public health care at risk throughout Canada

EDMONTON—Leaders of more than 50 organizations in Alberta and across Canada, including health care advocates, health employees’ unions and others, have signed a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel urging them to enforce the Canada Health Act to protect Canada’s public health care.

“The Canada Health Act and the future of public health care in every province and territory of Canada are in grave danger because of Alberta’s Bill 11, which became law in December 2025,” the letter sent today states. “Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2), allows physicians to treat patients in the public health care system while also charging them fees, creating a two-tiered system for those who can pay and those who cannot.”

The letter reminds the PM and his health minister that the Canada Health Act became law on this day in 1984 after being passed unanimously by Parliament. It further notes that the Alberta Government’s Bill 11, the Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2025 (No. 2), clearly violates the federal law.

“It will render this signature achievement of Canadian government without meaning,” the letter says. “It will mean the end of fair, accessible, universal public health care in Canada.”

These 50-plus organizations are hereby reminding Carney and Michel that Ottawa has the power to save Canadian health care by enforcing the federal act, and by blocking implementation of the parts of Bill 11 that are intended to open the door to American-style, two-tier health care in Canada.

“Is today – April 17, 2026 – going to be the last anniversary of the Canada Health Act? The answer is in your hands,” the letter concludes. “Canadians will remember what you did.”

Friends of Medicare encourages Albertans to tell their federal representatives to enforce the Canada Health Act by sending a letter, and by posting a cake on social media in celebration of the anniversary of the Act.

04/18/2026

As the Instagram stories foretold: the final product!

We all have a part to play in advocating for our public health care. Some of us bake, some of us make it into the office and shop local, some of us write to our representatives. Today, Local 115 does our small part by participating in various ways in the virtual day of action. While 42 years of the Canada Health Act is momentous, it is not time to stand still.

Bill 11 introduces dual practice for medical doctors who will be able to charge their patients for timely services while the rest of us have to wait. This violates the Canada Health Act and Ottawa has the power to stop it. This bill has opened the door to other provinces considering enacting the same dangerous practice.

Don’t let today be the last time we can celebrate this momentous act. The United Nurses of Alberta Local 115 is calling on and to enforce the act, and invest in healthcare as a true north nation building project. - If curious: these are chocolate coffee cupcakes. Baked by VP using free run eggs from a Rural Nurse located in Local 86. Union Strong 💪🏼

04/17/2026

💡Joint Statements 📑 from United Nurses of Alberta and Alberta Health Services.
Dispute Resolution Process- The 3 Ps and the Dispute Resolution Process

04/17/2026

Happy birthday to the Canada Health Act!

Today we celebrate the law that helps ensure all residents in Canada have access to medicare, our publicly funded universal health care system.

As Canadians, we must continue to champion and defend the CHA. Alberta’s Bill 11 introduces a two-tier system that will deepen inequities in access to care. If this model moves forward, it threatens public health care across the country.

As Canada’s nurses, we call on governments to uphold the principles of the CHA through decisive action that strengthens public health care, protects patients and improves access for all. Proven solutions include universal pharmacare, a safe long-term care act, accessible mental health care, and a national health human resources strategy.

Join us in celebrating the CHA by sharing a photo of a cake online. Be sure to tag Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel in your posts.

04/17/2026

🚨Local 115 stands for public health care 🚨

Today we’re marking the anniversary of the Canada Health Act by standing together and saying NO to two-tier health care.

Don’t let April 17, 2026, be the last time we are able to celebrate the anniversary of the Canada Health Act!

Bill 11 puts equitable access at risk — and we believe health care should be there for everyone, not just those who can pay. 💙

04/16/2026

Local 70 stands in solidarity as it celebrates the Canada Health Act Mark Carney 🇨🇦 Marjorie Michel

04/16/2026

Alberta Workers Deserve Reliability.