By Canadian Frontline Nurses

Mr Trudeau,

Given your recent public denouncements of our National Health Freedom Movement that took place at varied locations across the country on September 1 and September 13, we would like to take the opportunity to respectfully respond. It feels like an environment is being created that pits family and friends against one another based on medical choices that individuals have made with careful consideration. As healthcare providers we believe that a one size fits all healthcare policy is not wise. There are many factors which need to be considered and Canadians have expressed the desire to contemplate and discuss their decisions with their doctors without any government interference. We believe that doctors should be providing guidance with education and informed consent based on individual needs and that coercion and intimidation has no place in creating a fair, just, healthcare outcome. In the pursuit of advocating for informed consent and medical freedom, we’ve been threatened, harassed and doxxed. Despite this, we stand with our fellow medical practitioners who also believe in medical choice. Many of them have attended our events. Some of them feel voiceless, pressured and isolated.

Those that stand with us include vaccinated and unvaccinated healthcare workers and citizens who want to see all Canadians survive and thrive through this troubling time. We believe this can only be achieved with transparency, honesty and good intentions. Let us be the first to say that we are not perfect, but we are passionate about advocating for our country and fellow citizens. We are nurses and medical staff who have risked our livelihood to stand against the debilitating effects of lockdowns and now vaccine mandates. We are imperfect, but we swore to be caretakers and provide compassionate, humane support to patients in our care.

We are passionate practitioners who want to support medical choice for single mothers who confide in us that they are at risk of losing their income because their employers are insisting that they are vaccinated.

We are diverse in our ideals but, we support medical choice for the first responders, military, doctors and nurses and all professions, who disagree with using force or coercion to make citizens segregated in this great country because of their medical choices.

We support medical choice for the vaccinated parents who are reluctant to have their children vaccinated because they feel uninformed and would like the opportunity to speak with their doctors about potential long term risks to their children. We believe this decision should not hinder their opportunity to attend school or play sports this coming year.

We stand with those recently double vaccinated in order to complete their education, only to be told their second vaccine wasn’t taken in time and they can not complete their final year of study. We support those trying to follow the rules who are being told it’s still not good enough.

As the elected leader of this country we would like to believe that you are able to engage in a civil discourse without insults and invectives that diminishes citizens in your care. We are caretakers. We took our oath to protect the interests and health of the people who are in our care.

Mr. Prime Minister, words of division and hate can be expected of lesser men and insecure leaders. We want to implore you to not prove your detractors right. We believe that you are like us and like most Canadians, imperfect but polite and willing to help your fellow citizens.

Canadians want leadership capable of treating all of us with honour and dignity. We hope you also believe in this approach as our Prime Minister. We encourage you to sit with us and engage in a calm rational discussion on these matters. We take our oath seriously to defend the weak and the sick as well as our communities. We intend on continuing our fight for just policies that recognize all Canadians as equals.

Thank you for your time Regards,
CANADIAN FRONTLINE NURSES

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