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Linda Silas

Linda Silas is a nurse and president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, representing nearly 200,000 nurses and student nurses across Canada.

Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with a staffer before appearing at the House Health Committee on March 23, 2023. The federal government can immediately start addressing problems driving nurses out of the profession through a new Nurse Retention Fund, writes Linda Silas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with a staffer before appearing at the House Health Committee on March 23, 2023. The federal government can immediately start addressing problems driving nurses out of the profession through a new Nurse Retention Fund, writes Linda Silas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with a staffer before appearing at the House Health Committee on March 23, 2023. The federal government can immediately start addressing problems driving nurses out of the profession through a new Nurse Retention Fund, writes Linda Silas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | April 10, 2023
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos speaks with a staffer before appearing at the House Health Committee on March 23, 2023. The federal government can immediately start addressing problems driving nurses out of the profession through a new Nurse Retention Fund, writes Linda Silas. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
Premiers have been asking the federal government to increase health transfers for years so they can make critically needed investments into nursing, writes Linda Silas. Unsplash photograph by Vladimir Fedotov
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | July 6, 2022
Premiers have been asking the federal government to increase health transfers for years so they can make critically needed investments into nursing, writes Linda Silas. Unsplash photograph by Vladimir Fedotov
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 8, 2021
As Canada's nurses, we want to encourage all those living in Canada to receive the vaccine as soon as they are able. Together, we can contain this virus, end the pandemic and take part in Canada’s post-pandemic recovery, writes Linda Silas. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 8, 2021
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 8, 2021
As Canada's nurses, we want to encourage all those living in Canada to receive the vaccine as soon as they are able. Together, we can contain this virus, end the pandemic and take part in Canada’s post-pandemic recovery, writes Linda Silas. Image courtesy of Pixabay
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | November 18, 2020
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam occupies a public-facing role in the government's messaging around the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | November 18, 2020
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | November 18, 2020
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam occupies a public-facing role in the government's messaging around the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | September 3, 2020
Chrystia Freeland’s new role provides a key opportunity to make her mark and set Canada on a course toward recovery post-COVID-19, writes Linda Silas of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | September 3, 2020
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | September 3, 2020
Chrystia Freeland’s new role provides a key opportunity to make her mark and set Canada on a course toward recovery post-COVID-19, writes Linda Silas of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 27, 2020
Health Minister Patty Hajdu is fielding calls from the nurses' union to follow the precautions being taken in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well in Ontario. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 27, 2020
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | February 27, 2020
Health Minister Patty Hajdu is fielding calls from the nurses' union to follow the precautions being taken in the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well in Ontario. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | March 4, 2019
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured on Feb. 19, 2019, arriving on the Hill for a cabinet meeting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | March 4, 2019
Opinion | BY LINDA SILAS | March 4, 2019
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, pictured on Feb. 19, 2019, arriving on the Hill for a cabinet meeting. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade