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April
20, 2010
Dear Hamilton
and District Pharmacists’ Association Members,
There was a
vote at the CE event on April 19, 2010 and there was
unanimous support to pursue the advertisements in the
Hamilton Spectator. Please see today’s (April 20, 2010)
Hamilton Spectator, Go section, page 8, for the Hamilton
Pharmacists advertisement and reference to stopcuts.ca.
We are
standing united as pharmacists and informing our patients
that there is a threat to the way that we will be able to
practice pharmacy and serve our patients with these budget
cuts. We need them to know our jobs and the services we
provide will be in jeopardy with these budget cuts.
There will be
a second advertisement running next Tuesday, April 27th,
which will contain a list of all pharmacist members of HDPhA.
We will only be listing the names of current HDPhA
members, therefore please make sure your membership is
up-to-date, or submit your membership to Pina De Santis.
Please also email Pina at
pina-desantis@excite.com if you would not like
your name listed in the advertisement.
We also need
assistance from individual pharmacists, and we encourage
you to donate an hour’s wage to defend your profession.
We also encourage pharmacists to approach their employer, an
example is to ask your employer to take one hour of your
wage and donate it to the initiative, and match your
donation. Please if you could contribute as either a
pharmacist or pharmacy; contact our treasurer Joe Giudice at
spidervoo@hotmail.com or mail a cheque to HDPhA at
275 James St.
N.
P.O. Box 37036
Hamilton, ON
L8R 3P1
Please put a
note on the cheque that it is for stopcuts.ca
Thank you for
your support, and please contact me with any questions or
concerns.
Regards,
Leslie
Chappell
President,
Hamilton and District Pharmacists’ Association
The
website is
www.stopcuts.ca. |
