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Health minister Adrian Dix says in a statement that the expanded slate of First Nations primary care clinics is another step in ‘dismantling and eradicating Indigenous-specific racism from B.C.’s healthcare system.’

Board chair James Morrison's proposal said in the last three months, the OCP has seen an increase in ‘behaviours indicative of board discord and a breakdown of trust.’

Are you on a medical team that also plays together on a sports team, has a band or participates in another off-work team activity?

The findings stand in stark contrast to the rhetoric that has punctuated federal and provincial health negotiations over the last several years, as health systems struggled in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ryan Mesheau said he was taken aback by the premier’s recent vow to shield healthcare workers from legal action in response to a lawsuit filed by the Mesheau family alleging their father died because he received inadequate care.

The union says the government’s latest offer, made this week, is nothing more than ‘smoke and mirrors.

The new contract applies to workers in 185 different jobs, including physiotherapists, lab staff, psychologists, continuing care assistants, social workers and pharmacists.

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