The federal government has announced up to $10 million in funding for a project aimed at helping internationally trained healthcare professionals work …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
“Gulf is just too big”: strike vote looms for Alberta nurses as contract talks falter
By Jack Farrell Alberta’s nurses could soon find themselves on the picket line as recent talks with the province foundered over disagreements over …
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The Manitoba government is more than halfway to its target of hiring 1,000 new health-care workers, Premier Wab Kinew announced today during …
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FeaturedRecruitmentRetention
Saskatchewan touts progress in health workforce recruitment, retention as action plan hits two-year anniversary
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberSaskatchewan’s Health Human Resources (HHR) Action Plan, introduced in 2022, has made notable strides in strengthening the province’s health care workforce, officials …
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By Michelle Gamage | The Tyee Union leaders say B.C.’s health-care workers have seen some minor improvements but there’s a long way to …
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Representatives of family doctors in British Columbia say giving physicians paid sick days, vacation coverage, extended health and dental benefits and a …
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A tentative contract deal has been reached between Nova Scotia’s health authorities and three unions representing about 9,000 health-care workers. In a …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract
A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers has dismissed the province’s latest contract offer and called on its members to refuse to …
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By Andrew Bates | Telegraph-Journal New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs said the province “strongly objects” to the inclusion of two nurses in a …
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Labour ShortagesOpinion
Canada’s treatment of internationally trained physicians exacerbates the health-care crisis
By Elliot Goodell Ugalde, Queen’s University, Ontario Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United …