Advocacy opportunity 📣 Pre-register to present directly to BC gov about YOUR priorities for the next provincial budget!

The registration deadline is Friday, April 10 at 2pm: https://consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultations/195 Presenting can be done virtually; they’ll follow up in May about whether you’ve been selected. Additional written input options will open in June.

This is a great chance to speak directly to policy-makers if you want things like:

💨 #CleanAir
🩺 #LongCovid care
💩 wastewater monitoring
😷 N95s for healthcare workers
🧪 free rapid tests past 2026
💉 ongoing vaccine access including #Novavax

Let’s tell BC gov to put their money where their mouth is, when it comes to protecting the health of British Columbians!

#BCBudget #BCBudget2027 #BCpoli #BCHealthcare #Covid19BC #PublicHealth #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne #NovavaxNow

RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/116258868141054937

We’re still in the third month, for anyone keeping score.

#BCHealthcare #InteriorHealth

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-many-u-s-health-care-workers-are-in-b-c-9.7129903 “The numbers from B.C.’s Ministry of Health show 89 doctors, 42 nurse practitioners, 260 nurses and 23 allied health professionals from the U.S. accepted jobs in the province between March 2025 and January 2026.”

#BCHealthcare

B.C. says it has recruited more than 400 U.S. health-care professionals to province

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://globalnews.ca/news/11734727/bc-recruited-400-us-health-care-professionals/

Good news 🙌 Following our campaign in September (https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-on-n95s-into-bc-law/), WorkSafeBC has announced that once the most up-to-date standard for respirators in the workplace (CSA Z94.4) is released, they’re going to review it for future updates to BC’s workplace regulations.

This means we’re one step closer to getting up-to-date best practices about workplace N95 use and airborne transmission into BC law!

Thank you to everyone who wrote in to WorkSafe and attended the public hearing. Your voices made an impact! If you want a refresher on what a CSA standard is and why this one’s important, find our explainer at https://donoharmbc.ca/national-standard-for-n95s/ 😷

#N95sSaveLives #CovidIsAirborne #BCHealthCare

H/t: #BCHumanistSociety

END RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS IN BC HEALTHCARE

Public Funds, Public Care

Every year, over a billion dollars of your tax dollars goes to healthcare facilities run by religious organizations. These hospitals are allowed to refuse legal, essential medical services including medical assistance in dying, abortion and contraceptives based on their management's religious dogma.

In 2026, terminally ill patients are still being forced out of their hospital beds just to access their legal right to a peaceful death. This is a violation of patient dignity and human rights.

Public funding should come with a public obligation. No British Columbian should be denied care or forced to undergo a dehumanizing transfer because the hospital bed they are in is governed by a church instead of the provincial health authority.

It is time to put patients before pews. Sign this petition to demand a truly secular, provincial healthcare system.

https://www.bchumanist.ca/public_funds_public_care

#Secularism #BCHealth #BCHealthcare #BCPoli

RE: https://kamloops.social/@local/115953196731903124

How is this not illegal?

#BCHealthcare #BCPoli