Finance committee  That's a great question.

Finance committee  I'll do it. I am a long talker. The first thing we have to do is ensure that we are retaining nurses with experience in the health care system. Those are the mentors and preceptors we need for young nurses. We're having a lot of young nurses jump ship. They're in first-year nurs

Finance committee  We understand that the money comes from the federal government, but we also understand that some of the money that came to Manitoba was used for tax cuts and did not go to health care. I am a strong advocate of accountability and transparency. I believe we need to have strings a

Finance committee  They don't contribute at all. They basically exploit nurses who have been trained in a public system or in a university. The problem with agency nurses is that there is no continuity of care. There is very little accountability when it comes to those nurses, who come and go. I c

Finance committee  That is something CFNU absolutely advocates and supports. As nurses, we see patients splitting meds, taking their meds every second day. The cost of meds for many of our pensioners, seniors or individuals on disability is ridiculous. We see the effect in our hospitals of individu

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. One of my comments was going to be that we have to set up a system where we are not poaching from each other. This is a global nursing shortage. Speaking nationally, we are seeing incentives across the country. If you go to work in northern Newfoundl

Finance committee  Absolutely. In fact, CFNU was one of the leaders in asking for national standards. What the standards are depends on which province you're in. In Manitoba, right now we look at 3.6 hours of care per resident per day. That's combined care; it's not just nursing care. That's dieta

Finance committee  Good morning and thank you for allowing us the opportunity to speak today. My name is Darlene Jackson and I serve as the president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, or MNU. I am speaking on behalf of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, or CFNU. The CFNU is composed of nine pr