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  • Alberta’s 122,000 health-care workers insist on meeting with Health Minister

    October 24, 2022 

    Members of Alberta’s major health-care unions are joining together to demand that the government of Alberta develop a plan to deal with the crisis in health care. 

    EDMONTON – Following the swearing-in of Premier Smith’s cabinet Alberta’s health-care unions are coming together to advocate that the government take steps to fully address the staffing crisis in health  care.  

    Leaders of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) and the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA)  along with Friends of Medicare (FOM) are urging the newly announced cabinet to deliver a  comprehensive plan to fix the health-care system which has been thrown into chaos by short-staffing.

    Alyssa Pretty

    Written by Alyssa Pretty
    October 24, 2022

  • Byelection an opportunity to focus on solving health-care issues in southeastern Alberta

    This guest column appeared in the Medicine Hat News on October 13.

    Christopher M Gallaway

    Written by Christopher M Gallaway
    October 16, 2022

  • Albertans Rallying Together for Public Health Care

    Friends of Medicare to participate in events in five cities calling on the provincial government to put people before profit

     

    Friends of Medicare

    Written by Friends of Medicare
    May 13, 2022

  • Solidarity with Striking University of Lethbridge Faculty

    Solidarity with Striking University of Lethbridge Faculty

    Friends of Medicare stands in solidarity with University of Lethbridge Faculty Association members who are now on strike

    Friends of Medicare

    Written by Friends of Medicare
    February 10, 2022

  • Open Letter Re: Supervised Consumption Services, Lethbridge Alberta

    On August 31, 2020—a day marking both International Overdose Awareness Day and the closure of North America's busiest supervised consumption site—over 200 harm reduction supporters and advocates signed an open letter to the Alberta government to denounce the decision to cut all funding to and close Lethbridge’s SCS, and urge them to immediately reverse the decision and reinstate appropriate funding and support new leadership to scale up SCS in Lethbridge.

    Read that letter in it's entirety here:

    Friends of Medicare

    Written by Friends of Medicare
    August 31, 2020

  • Open Letter: Defunding Lethbridge ARCHES SCS

    If you or your organization would like to add your names as signatories to this open letter, please email [email protected].
     

     
    Original Sent: July 16, 2020
     
    To:  Jason Luan Minister, Tyler Shandro
    Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Minister of Health
    [email protected], [email protected]
    CC: Premier Jason Kenney
    Premier of Alberta
    [email protected]
     

     
    Open Letter: Defunding Lethbridge ARCHES SCS

    Friends of Medicare

    Written by Friends of Medicare
    July 16, 2020

  • FOM welcomes Lethbridge City Council’s common-sense vote on continued provincial funding for SCS

    FOM welcomes Lethbridge City Council’s common-sense vote on continued provincial funding for SCS

     
    On Monday, August 19, Lethbridge city council voted on a motion to request the provincial government halt funding to the city’s supervised consumption site, subject to the findings of the government’s forthcoming “socioeconomic” review. The motion, introduced by Councillor Blaine Hyggen, was defeated Monday evening by a vote of 6-3.  

    “Supervised consumption services are an integral part of a harm reduction strategy — they connect vulnerable Albertans to essential services that will ultimately give them a path to healthier lives,” said Sandra Azocar, executive director of Friends of Medicare. “We’re glad to see that Lethbridge city council had the common sense to vote down a motion that would have shown a callous disregard for the lives of vulnerable Albertans.”

    Friends of Medicare

    Written by Friends of Medicare
    August 19, 2019

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