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RNAO members made their voices heard loud and clear at rallies held in several cities across Ontario on Sept. 20, 2025. The international collective day of action was called Draw the Line and garnered attention from governments everywhere on issues related to health, people and the planet. The message was to reject the politics ...

RNAO released its highly anticipated ECCO 4.0: Enhancing Community Care for Ontarians report during a media conference held at Queen’s Park on May 12. The report provides a comprehensive vision and urgent call for health system reform based on evidence and principles of equity.The report’s 16 recommendations provide a blueprint ...

RNAO provides provincial government with budget advice

Take Your MPP To Work Members of provincial parliament (MPP) have been getting a firsthand look at how RNs and NPs are making a difference in the lives of Ontarians. The visits are part of RNAO’s Take Your MPP To Work initiative, which began during Nursing Week in May 2000. With nurses as their guides, MPPs participat...

RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun (above) was at Queen’s Park on Nov. 15 to provide feedback on Bill 135, the government’s proposed changes to the Home Care Act. She was joined by RNAO senior policy analyst Christina Pullano. In its submission, RNAO praised the government for dissolving Local Health Integration Networks and a proposed...

RNAO provides federal and provincial governments with budget advice RNAO provided the federal government with a set of recommendations to consider as it prepared its spring budget. While the country’s economy continues to be affected by after effects due to the pandemic, including high inflation, RNAO argues those mo...

Queen’s Park on the Road: Time to get involved RNAO members have been meeting with their local elected representatives as part of Queen’s Park on the Road (QPOR). Considered one of the association’s key member-driven political action events, QPOR gives RNs, NPs and nursing students the opportunity to discuss key nursing an...

On Sept. 20, Canadians voted for a minority liberal government in the federal election. Two RNAO members – Aisha Jahangir and Bert Laranjo – were among the candidates vying for a seat in the House of Commons. Jahangir ran for the NDP and took third in her Guelph riding. Laranjo, a Conservative candidate, came in second in his ri...

RNAO members connect virtually with their MPPs for QPOR

Modernizing the home and community care legislative regime In June, RNAO provided feedback on the government’s efforts to reform the home and community care sector. Bill 175: Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020 repeals the 1994 legislative framework and integrates home and community care with the res...