Leaving Canada would weaken Alberta’s publicly funded health-care system by eliminating federal health funding and the protections of the Canada Health Act, while creating years of economic uncertainty and disruption. 

Separation would threaten economic security by increasing pension risks, reducing job stability, raising living costs, and eliminating national labour protections. Replacing the Canada Pension Plan with an Alberta Pension Plan, combined with the high costs of establishing new provincial institutions, could increase inflation, erode wage gains, and jeopardize retirement security.

Separation would also restrict nurses’ constitutional right to work freely across Canada, limiting career mobility and creating barriers to professional registration.

From a labour perspective, separation would weaken collective bargaining rights and reduce worker protections.  Alberta nurses would lose the strength that comes from belonging to Canada’s broader labour movement through organizations such as the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.

Remaining in Canada is essential to protecting high-quality public health care, workers’ rights, economic stability, and the well-being of Alberta’s nurses and the communities they serve.

To read UNA’s full position, go HERE

For the Local 196 Spotlight on Alberta Separation, go HERE