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  • Letter: Prescription Drug List: Naloxone File number: 16-100479-342
    Thursday, March 17, 2016 - 23:00

    Dear Members of the Prescription Drug Status Committee,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in all roles and sectors across Ontario. RNAO appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback on the proposal to revise the listing of naloxone on the Prescription Drug List to permit the non-prescription use of naloxone.

  • Letter: RNAO Urges Province to Use Public Health Evidence to Inform a Comprehensive Provincial Alcohol Strategy
    Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 14:45

    RE: RNAO Urges Province to Use Public Health Evidence to Inform a Comprehensive Provincial Alcohol Strategy

    Dear Premier Wynne,

  • Letter: Submission to the Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee
    Saturday, January 16, 2016 - 00:00

    Canada has international human rights obligations to address the gender wage gap under the Convention Concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women for Work of Equal Value and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Although these Conventions were ratified by Canada in 1972 and 1981 respectively, Canada is moving in the wrong direction on this imperative for human rights.

  • Letter: Message to Minister Jane Philpott
    Monday, December 21, 2015 - 00:00

    Dear Minister Philpott,

    On behalf of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), we want to reiterate our delight with your appointment as Minister of Health for the Government of Canada. We also want to wish you a magic holiday season and a healthy and fulfilling 2015 year!

    As the professional association that represents registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), and nursing students who live, work and study in communities across Ontario, we take our commitment to speak out for nursing and health very seriously.

  • Letter: Ontario’s Readiness for Infectious Disease Threats
    Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 15:30

    On behalf of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP) and nursing students, we extend our gratitude to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for the opportunity to provide feedback on a proposed framework for infectious disease threats.

  • Letter: Support for Rights-Based Framework for Policing
    Thursday, December 17, 2015 - 15:24

    As a fitting way to mark Human Rights Day on December 10, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) urges the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services to strengthen the proposed draft regulation, Collection of Identifying Information in Certain Circumstances – Prohibition and Duties, pertaining to the Police Services Act.

  • Letter: Federal and Provincial Investment in Affordable Housing for Better Health
    Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 15:26

    Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Wynne,

    Registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students are thrilled at the prospect of meaningful federal-provincial partnerships. Prime Minister Trudeau's open letter to Canadians upon taking office affirmed that "we made a commitment to invest in growing our economy, strengthening our middle class, and helping those working hard to join it." A critical means of achieving all three is through federal and provincial investments in affordable housing - we call on you to take swift action.

  • Letter: Preventing Drug-related Deaths in Ontario
    Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 23:00

    Dear Premier Wynne,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) was pleased to attend a meeting organized by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care on October 13 on the use and misuse of narcotics in Ontario. RNAO would like to follow up by providing recommendations on ways that the province could prevent premature deaths and improve health outcomes related to drugs, including alcohol and narcotics.

  • Letter: RNAO Message for Prime Minister Designate Justin Trudeau
    Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - 23:00

    Dear Mr. Trudeau:

    On behalf of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO), we are delighted to congratulate you and the Liberal Party on the recent election win and the overwhelming mandate Canadians gave you to form the next federal government.

    As the professional association that represents registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students who live, work and study in communities across Ontario, we take our commitment to speak out for nursing and health very seriously.

  • Letter: Update on Toronto's Cold Weather Protocol (City of Toronto Board of Health)
    Sunday, October 25, 2015 - 23:00

    Dear Councillor Mihevc and Members of the Board of Health,