Take Your MPP To Work LIVE
During Nursing Week, RNAO launched its annual Take Your MPP To Work (TYMTW) LIVE political action event.
This year, TYMTW is being held virtually and offers members an opportunity to speak with politicians – especially MPPs – about the depth of nursing practice challenges while caring for patients and communities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
So far, several virtual meetings have taken place with political leaders such as Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott, federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul, Leader of the Official Opposition Andrea Horwath, Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca and Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner.
To see the virtual visits that have already taken place, please see our YouTube playlist below.
To organize your visit, contact health policy coordinator, Ann-Marie at amorris@RNAO.ca.
Since it began in 2000, TYMTW has grown to become an important political engagement event for RNAO members and MPPs alike. Premiers, cabinet ministers, opposition leaders and numerous MPPs, have gone to work with RNs and NPs in public health units, community health centres, family health teams, nurse practitioner-led clinics, hospitals, long-term care homes, and post-secondary institutions, among others.
| Date | Organization/Nursing panel | MPP/MP |
|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2 p.m. ET | David Groulx, Sudbury Public Health Unit | NDP Health Critic France Gélinas |
| May 12, 9 a.m. ET | Mamaway Wiidokdaadwin and Chigamik Indigenous BPSOs | Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner |
| May 12, 1 p.m. ET | Nurse practitioners Aric Rankin, Hoodo Abrahim and Beth Sweeney | Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca, MPP John Fraser, Candidate for Neapan Tyer Watt |
| May 13, 12 p.m. ET | Attending nurse practitioners Jean Benton, Kaitlan Laviolette and Wendy Dunn | MPP Sara Singh |
| May 13, 2 p.m. ET | RNAO members | Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul |
| May 13, 4:30 p.m. ET | RNAO board of directors and assembly of leaders | NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh |
| May 14, 10 a.m. ET | BPSO OHT Southlake Community | Minister of Health Christine Elliott and MPP Natalia Kusendova |
| May 14, 3:30 p.m. ET | BPSO OHT East Toronto Community Health Partners | Leader of the Official Opposition Andrea Horwath, MPP Rima Berns-McGown and MPP Peter Tabuns |
| May 14, 4:15 p.m. ET | Bayshore Health Care, Closing the Gap Healthcare, SE Health and VON Canada | Premier Doug Ford, Minister of Health Christine Elliott and MPP Natalia Kusendova |
