Health care is BCGEU members' number one issue for this year's provincial election. Members like you are concerned about how hard it is to find a family doctor, wait times in emergency rooms and funding cuts to home support.

If you want to learn more about health care issues in the provincial election, the BCGEU is a member of the BC Health Coalition who will be sharing information on where candidates and parties stand on health care issues on their website.

UPDATE: The BC Health Coalition have released their evaluation of the major parties' platforms.

For more information on how to reduce wait times in the public system, you can find information from the Save Medicare campaign and read the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative's recent report.

The BCGEU have our own campaign showing the importance of home support. The BCGEU is also a member of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition, who have information on how a poverty reduction plan could help improve the health of British Columbians.