An article in the Edmonton Journal October 25, 2006 demonstrates the need to include the whole health care team to address backlogs in the health care system.

Reducing the wait and pain: Medical team approach will soon provide new hips and knees within 20 weeks
The Edmonton Journal
Wed 25 Oct 2006 
By Jodie Sinnema

EDMONTON - The wait for hip and knee replacements will soon shrink dramatically, Capital Health says.

October 25, 2006
Canadian Labour Congress

OTTAWA ... The Canadian Labour Congress applauds and congratulates the MPs who have voted approval in second reading of Bill C-257, which would make it illegal for employers to hire replacement workers while their own employees are locked out or on strike. Such legislation is already in place in British Columbia and Quebec.

Ottawa (18 Oct. 2006) ... Medicare Works, a national campaign tour to defend and strengthen Canadas public health care system, is being launched this week in communities across Canada.

The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of the main sponsors of the campaign and tour. 

A few weeks from now, our Members of Parliament will vote on changes to the Canada Labour Code that, if adopted, would put an end to the use of scabs during labour disputes. Working people must ensure that this happens. When Bill C-257 comes to a vote, we want our M.P.s to vote -yes"! You can tell your M.P. to do this, right now, by clicking here.

HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Coquitlam on Friday, October 20th at 11:00 a.m. at Lougheed Town Centre.

The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and importance of breast health and mammography screening.  The Tour is part of a campaign by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to help women detect smaller tumors earlier.

HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Richmond on Saturday, October 14th at 11:00 a.m. at Richmond Centre Mall.

The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and importance of breast health and mammography screening.  The Tour is part of a campaign by the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation to help women detect smaller tumors earlier.

As health care professionals, HSA members have a great deal of expertise to contribute to the current public discussion about the future of public health care.   As individuals, we have many questions and concerns about where Premier Campbell intends to take our health care system, and what it will mean for our communities, our families and ourselves.

The Steven Harper Conservatives funding cuts and backtracking on previous policy commitments are a clear sign that the federal Conservative government is abandoning working women says B.C. Federation of Labour Secretary-Treasurer, Angela Schira.

Last week, the federal government announced a 38.5 percent funding cut to Status of Women Canada. Just this week, Conservative Beverley Oda, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women confirmed the federal government is refusing to fund any advocacy initiatives by womens groups.

HSA members from across British Columbia participated in this year's CIBC Run for the Cure -- the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's most important fundraising event of the year. An estimated $1.4 million was raised in Vancouver alone.HSA is a silver-level sponsor of the event, and was represented at each of 10 run sites across B.C., supplying pink ribbon tattoos to participants.