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The 2022 provincial election wrapped up on June 2, and AFHTO is looking forward to working with the new government.
The pandemic exposed many gaps and problems in our healthcare system, so it is no surprise that health care is a top issue for all parties. AFHTO members are leaders and providers in the healthcare sector, so candidates are looking to hear from you. Your voices are powerful.
Teams reached out to candidates. Shared success stories to encourage investment, shared challenges and solutions, and encouraged team members, family, friends, and patients do the same. The most powerful thing in an election is candidates hearing the same thing over and over from voters. If the central party hears something from enough candidates, it can become something they speak to — and perhaps even commit to investing in.
But this takes your voices.
And no one knows better than you that for people to receive the best primary care, it takes a team.
Below are tools to help you with your local advocacy. We encourage teams include physicians and IHPs in the meetings.
Campaign Material
- Key messages
- How to participate in campaigns
- FAQs
- Email templates
2. One-pager on team-based primary care
- A fillable version allows you to edit the six points that say what an investment in team-based primary care is
- Here is the one-pager in French
- Please leave this behind at meetings!
3. How to Organize a Town Hall – Toolkit
- Include a graphic with a succinct sentence about successes
- Please always use #ItTakesATeam on Twitter. Other good hashtags are #ONelection and #onpoli
- Please tag @afhto and we’ll retweet you!
- Consider finding your candidates’ handles and tag them as well
5. Social media animations
6. Voter card
- Share this with team members, patients, friends, and family
- People can leave this by their door/phone to ask when a candidate reaches out, or it can be used proactively!
- This is to support patients who may join meetings – it’s not to give to the candidate
8. AFHTO pre-budget submission
- This speaks to challenges and solution in the healthcare sector
- Please leave this behind at meetings!
You’ve all been on the ground throughout a pandemic. Your voices are critical. And powerful. This election is an opportunity to be heard. The pandemic has exposed the weaknesses in the healthcare system, and it needs to be built back better with a focus on equity and assurance that primary care is its foundation. Every party knows health care is the priority, and they know speaking to people in the sector who can offer solutions – and committing to delivering on those solutions – is key to being elected.
Think about success stories from your team to share with candidates and speak to why the care you provide is important to have available to anyone who needs it!
If you have questions or need support, please contact advocacy@afhto.ca