Across Canada, nurses are facing unsafe, unregulated patient loads that compromise patient care and lead to burnout and resignations. Evidence shows that legislated nurse-patient ratios save lives, improve outcomes and keep nurses in the profession. Nurses in every province are calling for real, enforceable ratios to ensure safe care and a sustainable workforce.

Nurses are seeing a concerning shift toward privatized for-profit care that drains resources from the public system. For-profit care doesn’t fix the health care crisis, it creates a two-tier system where those who can pay get faster access while everyone else is left behind. Nurses are calling for investments in public health care that keeps the focus on care, not profit.

Nurses across the country are facing escalating workplace violence, from physical assaults to threats and verbal abuse, driven by chronic understaffing, overcrowded facilities and systems stretched beyond capacity. Too often, they are left to manage dangerous situations without adequate protection or support. Nurses are calling for real solutions, including stronger security measures, timely incident response, enforceable zero-tolerance policies, and accountability from employers and governments.