Media Advisory: About the Premiers' Silence on Public Health Care

Health Professionals to Demand That Council of Federation Make the Future of our Public Medicare System Their Priority QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 17, 2008) - Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and Lina Bonamie, president of the Federation interprofessionnelle de la sante du Quebec (FIQ) will release a document that highlights what health care professionals expect from the Premiers and the Council of Federation. The document stems from a one-day think-tank in Quebec City yesterday on the most pressing issues facing our public health care system. The think-tank gathered seventy-five or so health professionals, experts, academics, administrators and executives of various professional organizations in the health care field. The document, titled "Achieving Our Health Care... [read full story]