2001: News Archive

Ken Georgetti, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, is supporting complaints against the Government of British Columbia made by the Health Sciences Association of BC to the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the legislation passed in the summer that restricted health science professionals collective bargaining rights and imposed a two-tiered wage contract on the unions representing the 14,000 members."We view...

Today's announcement of a massive restructuring of the system of health care governance in BC is a smokescreen for the Liberal government's real agenda for health care, Health Sciences Association of BC President Cindy Stewart said."The health care system has been through structuring and restructuring for a decade. The centrepiece of our health care system cannot be process. It has...

Cindy Stewart, President of the Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA), said today's failure by the federal government to come through with financial support for health care, combined with recommendations from the provincial legislative standing committee on health paves the way for dramatic health care service cuts in British Columbia."Premier Gordon Campbell will use the federal refusal to increase spending...

Health Sciences Association President Cindy Stewart is calling on Health Services Minister Colin Hansen to take a closer look at problems with flexibility in the health care system."The Minister of Health Services has said over and over again that inflexibility in the negotiated collective agreements is undermining the delivery of health care in BC."That really is an astounding comment from...

Cindy Stewart, President of the Health Sciences Association, says its no surprise that St. Pauls Hospital in Vancouver is delivering private medical services."Its not surprising that after years of governments starving the public health care system ... starting with the federal government ... hospitals are looking for ways to increase revenue to be able to deliver the services the public...

The Report: November / December 2001 vol.22 num.5 by DAN KEETON Colleen Canning Dietitian Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic, Vancouver Hospital With continued advances in medical science, the world is recognizing the importance of the work that dietitians like Colleen Canning do. Its too bad that the health care employers too often do not. Canning, for several years an activist with...

The Report: November / December 2001 vol.22 num.5 by SARAH O'LEARY I am aware that in the newly imposed contract, there are some changes to the mileage provisions. I am confused as to who is now eligible for mileage allowances under the paramedical professional provincial contract. One of the changes affecting members with the new contract will be allowances for...

The Report: November / December 2001 vol.22 num.5 by RAE JOHNSON After the new Liberal government passed its 90-day timeline in August, the real Liberal agenda started to come clear. In September, Health Services Minister Colin Hansen said that Pharmacare is up for review, and said the ministry is looking at cuts to the program as part of the governments...

The Report: November / December 2001 vol.22 num.5 by CINDY STEWART October 22, I participated in the Premier’s Dialogue on Health. The one-day forum brought together a number of representatives in the health care field for a dialogue with the provincial government. The vast majority of the Liberal caucus and cabinet were in attendance, including the Premier and the two...

The Report: November / December 2001 vol.22 num.5 by YUKIE KURAHASHI Sign up to save lives! It’s easy to register. Fill out the organ donor registry form in the leaflet included in the current issue of The Report, or call the BC Transplant Society at 1-800-663-6189 or 604-877-2240 in the Lower Mainland. You can also register through their web site...