The union which represents nurses is urging government to take “bold” action to strengthen the public health care system. That includes a focus on retention and workplace safety, and a greater emphasis on nurse practitioners.
Registered Nurses Union President Yvette Coffey says you can’t fix what you don’t measure and they still don’t have an accurate picture of how deep the staffing crisis runs.
(RNU President Yvette Coffey)
She says nurses are burning out on a system based on outdated staffing models, staffing shortages and the persistence of violence in the workplace.
The RNU wants to see the funding model for nurse practitioners modernized to allow them to work their full scope and expand access to care across the province.
Meanwhile, The Canadian Federation of Independent Business wants to see greater cost relief measures in today’s budget.
The CFIB is calling on the province to lower the small business tax rate to one per cent and increase the small business income tax threshold to $700,00. Currently, the provincial rate is tied with New Brunswick as the highest in Atlantic Canada at 2.5 per cent with a $500,000 threshold.
Nova Scotia recently received its business tax rate and increased the threshold to $700,00. The small business tax rate in PEI is currently set at 1 percent.
