Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Network holds town halls on the future of health care in Canada

Public invited to town hall meetings on the future of health care.

Bridgewater (24 Jan. 2012) - On Jan. 19, in Bridgewater, the Nova Scotia Citizens' Health Care Network kicked off the first in a series of traveling town hall meetings discussing the 2014 Health Accord and the future of public health care. There will be four town halls in total: Bridgewater, Truro, Berwick and Tatamagouche.

The 2014 Health Accord is a negotiated agreement between the provincial, territorial and federal governments on funding for public health care into the future. The federal government has announced they will be unilaterally reducing funding for public health care after 2017, with major implications for our province.

The public is invited to attend to learn more about the 2014 Health Accord and the campaign to Protect, Strengthen and Extend Medicare. People will also be encouraged to give their feedback on what public health care should look like in the future.

These events are free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. These are the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh events in a series of town halls being held across the province. Town halls have previously been held in Yarmouth, Sydney and Halifax.

To find exact locations, visit the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union  (NSGEU/NUPGE) or the Nova Scotia Health Care Network's website. 

The National Union of Public and General Employees has produced a pamphlet, Here They Go Again, about the federal health accord and the upcoming negotiations. You can read it here.

More information:

Here They Go Again - Negotiating Federal Transfers to the Provinces

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The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is one of Canada's largest labour organizations with over 340,000 members. Our mission is to improve the lives of working families and to build a stronger Canada by ensuring our common wealth is used for the common good. NUPGE