This fall’s BC election is important for health care. Who we elect will make a big difference.
The health care you depend on … depends on who’s in government.
- It’s the difference between cuts and privatization, or investment in public health care.
- It’s the difference between workers earning low wages or receiving fair compensation.
- And it’s about worsening working conditions, or having enough staff to provide the care patients and seniors need.
There is a lot at stake in this election
What we’ve gained with BC NDP governments since 2017:
- Growing health care with seven new hospitals, 48 new urgent and primary care centres, expanding 38 hospitals – 18 completed and 20 in progress – and hiring nearly 45,000 health care workers
- Incentive program in place to recruit and retain health care workers in B.C.’s rural and remote communities
- Over 10,000 new care aides and community health workers trained and hired within the last two years through the Health Care Access Program
- Unprecedented reversal of privatization, returning over 5,000 food service, housekeeping and security workers to the public system, plus a new agreement to return 5,000 long-term care workers.
What happened to health care when the last conservative government was in power from 2001-2017:
- Accelerated privatization of health care services faster and deeper than any other province in Canada
- 71 hospitals closed, cutback or downgraded
- Nine out of 10 long-term care homes failed staffing guidelines
- Medical Service Premiums doubled for families to $150 per month
- Low wages and substandard benefits for privatized health care workers
- Health care workers excluded from job security under the B.C. Labour Code
On October 24, your vote can help can shape the future of health care in BC.
Authorized by Hospital Employees’ Union, registered sponsor under the Election Act, 604-438-5000.
