But there are still many people in Canada who are vulnerable. We are doing everything we can to take care of you, to use all the tools that we have – vaccines, better masks, better ventilation in schools, curbing our activities – to get there. We want our children to be in school, businesses to be open, for life not to be dictated by a virus that is threatening the world. We want the pandemic to be over, just as you do. Please treat us with the same respect and compassion that we offer to you. We will not, however, tolerate any hate directed at us or at any marginalized community. We will continue to provide quality care to each of you, whether you have followed our medical advice or not, because that is our commitment to you as physicians, nurses & healthcare workers. The recent amendment to the Criminal Code, with Bill C-3, must be enforced to support healthcare workers and protect patients.

We will run our vaccine clinics, without fear, knowing that legislation in Canada prevents harassment or intimidation of healthcare workers or patients seeking care. We will wear our scrubs in public, without fear, knowing that you – Canadians – have our backs. We cannot and will not allow disinformation to undermine science, nor will we tolerate groups that are organized around hate to undermine healthcare policy or services. We cannot and will not allow racism, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism or any other form of hate or discrimination towards any person facing oppression in Canada, to stop us from doing our work.

Some of us are Black, Asian, First Nations, Metis, Inuit.Īll of us believe strongly in social justice, equality, respect, and caring for one another in a community. Some of us identify as transgender, some as non-binary.

Some of us are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Baptist, Protestant, Catholic, atheist. Some of us have families that are refugees or migrants to Canada from other wars and violations of human rights. Some of us have grandparents who fled Nazis during the Second World War. We, the undersigned physicians, nurses, healthcare workers, and public health scholars across the country, will NOT hide out of fear of violence from hate-fueled convoys.

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