Who Controls Your Doctor Now? B.C.’s HPOA Needs Sunlight
A viral TikTok about B.C.’s Health Professions and Occupations Act raises real questions about doctor independence, appointed boards, penalties, records access and public trust.
Read More →Coverage of B.C. healthcare pressure points: hospitals, cancelled contracts, primary care, nurses, waitlists, seniors care and whether NDP reforms are delivering results.
98.2% Strike Mandate: Nurses Deliver a Warning Eby Cannot Spin Away
More than 50,000 B.C. nurses voted 98.2% in favour of job action, the strongest strike mandate in BCNU history, after six months of bargaining and an April impasse.
Read More →Burnaby Hospital Phase 2: The Contract Is Cancelled, but Eby Still Calls It “Re-Paced”
Global News reports the province cancelled the Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 alliance contract after Budget 2026 re-pacing, leaving no confirmed construction start date.
Read More →Nurse Practitioners Say They Can’t Get Hired While 700,000+ Lack a Doctor
Global News reports B.C.-trained nurse practitioners are struggling to find jobs even as more than 700,000 British Columbians lack a family doctor.
Read More →Nurses Cast Historic Strike Ballots as NDP Health-Care Bargaining Hits a Wall
More than 50,000 BCNU members are voting May 8–11 on a strike mandate after bargaining hit an impasse, with nurses pointing to workload, violence, benefits and thousands of vacancies.
Read More →Five Health-Care Contracts Axed: “Re-Paced” Became Cancelled
Canadian Press and Global News report B.C. cancelled contracts for Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 and long-term care projects after previously calling them re-paced.
Read More →Vaughn Palmer: The NDP Has a New Word for "Cancelled" — and BC Hospitals Are Paying the Price
BC's premier political columnist unpacks the NDP's 're-paced' language in the legislature. Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 is dead. Seven long-term care homes had contracts cancelled. Mayors across BC are furious. The NDP response: redefine the word cancelled.
Read More →"Re-Paced" Means Cancelled: NDP's Healthcare Doublespeak Exposed
The NDP called it 're-pacing.' Vaughn Palmer calls it what it is: cancellation. Burnaby Hospital Phase 2 is dead. Seven long-term care homes across BC had contracts cancelled. 7,829 seniors wait for beds. And the government still won't say 'cancelled.'
Read More →10 Months and Counting: Seniors' Wait List Tripled — Then the NDP Cancelled the Beds
BC's wait list for publicly-funded long-term care has tripled since 2016, with seniors now waiting nearly 10 months for a bed. Now the NDP is cancelling the very infrastructure that was supposed to fix it.
Read More →Promised, Funded, Then Cancelled: How the NDP Betrayed Fraser Health
The NDP government has cancelled the Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment and a long-term care centre in Delta, contradicting what the Finance Minister told the Legislature. Fraser Health serves 40% of BC but gets 22% of health funding.
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