“The healthcare system is hanging on by a thread. Nurses are leaving the profession because of poor working conditions. I’m calling on the Premier to do the right thing, show nurses the respect they deserve, and repeal Bill 124 immediately,” Schreiner said in the House before speaking at a Repeal Bill 124 …
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Nurses deserve affordable and accessible mental health care
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to news that nurses are seeking mental health help more than any other front-line health-care profession:
“The pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on nurses and they deserve affordable and accessible mental health care.
According to Mental Health Research Canada, the average anxiety rating for …
The Premier needs to stop blame game on healthcare capacity and repeal Bill 124
“The Premier will blame everyone but himself for the healthcare capacity crisis in Ontario.
If he really cared about addressing the nursing shortage, he’d immediately repeal Bill 124.
We are 2 years into the pandemic and his Bill 124 is attacking nurses when we need them the most right now.
His words don’t match up …
Government must speed up pandemic pay process for PSWs
“As the Omicron variant sweeps through our province, we need to ensure that Ontarians on the frontlines are being compensated and treated fairly,” Schreiner wrote in a letter to the Minister of Health.
Hospitals and long-term care homes are under extreme pressure due to staffing shortages. Yet for many PSWs, the last time …
Government must speed up pandemic pay process for PSWs
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner is calling on the government to speed up the delayed pandemic pay process for PSWs, which is leaving thousands of health-care workers underpaid.
“As the Omicron variant sweeps through our province, we need to ensure that Ontarians on the frontlines are being compensated and treated fairly,” Schreiner wrote in a …
Schreiner calls for comprehensive workplace safety and nursing shortage plan
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement in response to the government’s pandemic response:
“If we want to protect Ontarians and limit the pressure on hospitals from the omicron surge, the Premier needs to make workplace safety a priority. And that includes schools, which will be on the frontlines as classes resume …
Nurses should be paid for vaccine clinic work
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement regarding nurses and vaccine clinics:
“It is disrespectful that the Premier has the audacity to ask nurses to volunteer at vaccine clinics after all they have been through these past two years.
It’s another slap in the face to the health-care heroes that have been treated so …
The Premier fails nurses yet again
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner made the following statement on the Premier’s failure to meet the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) 30-day deadline to repeal Bill 124:
“Last week, I rose in the Ontario legislature and called on the Premier to show nurses the respect they deserve and repeal Bill 124 so nurses can negotiate the fair wages they …
Schreiner calls on Premier to listen to Optometrists and help Ontarians
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner rose in the House today to question the Premier’s delay in resolving concerns of Optometrists:
“It’s time the Premier did basic math and agreed to cover the full operating cost of OHIP eye exams so seniors and children can get the care they need.
The Premier’s refusal to cover …
Despite nursing shortage crisis, the Premier leaves out healthcare workers from proposed foreign labour legislation
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s proposed bill that would remove barriers facing foreign-trained professionals:
“Ontario is in a nursing shortage crisis, with hundreds of thousands of vacant positions at hospitals.
Yet the government has left healthcare workers off its list of proposed legislation that would …