THAT more than 800 registered nurses gathered in Vancouver on June 18, 2012, for the Canadian Nurses Association’s (CNA) annual general meeting and biennial convention, issued a Declaration, as follows:

“Canada’s registered nurses are deeply concerned by the cuts to Canada’s environmental, health and social systems being imposed by the federal government through its omnibus budget implementation bill. The Canadian Nurses Association believes action must be taken to prevent this systematic dismantling of income security programs, environmental protection measures and investments in health and, as such, declares that the registered nurses of Canada will speak out to protect the integrity of essential programs.

The Canadian Nurses Association also declares that it will join with nurses in speaking out against these regressive cuts to our social and environmental protections, so essential to the health and wellness of Canadians, and it calls upon federal members of parliament and senators to oppose these irresponsi