e-1902 (Health care workers)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Health
- National data shows that the number of violence-related accepted lost-time injuries for frontline health care workers increased by close to 66% between 2006 and 2015;
- National data shows that 61% of nurses experienced a “serious” problem with some form of violence over a recent 12 month period;
- Recent survey data in Ontario found that up to 68% of nurses and personal support workers experienced violence on the job in 2016-2017;
- Violence in our health care system undermines the quality of care received by patients and affects all Canadians; and
- Health care workers are employed to provide care for patients, not to be subjected to violence;
- Open for signature
- October 23, 2018, at 10:18 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- February 20, 2019, at 10:18 a.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Doug Eyolfson
(Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley)
March 1, 2019 (Petition No. 421-03289) - Government response tabled
- April 12, 2019
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 1044 |
British Columbia | 1685 |
Manitoba | 1090 |
New Brunswick | 206 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 433 |
Northwest Territories | 29 |
Nova Scotia | 941 |
Nunavut | 7 |
Ontario | 2333 |
Prince Edward Island | 74 |
Quebec | 470 |
Saskatchewan | 411 |
Yukon | 7 |