FSAC Develops 'Vaccination Support Package' for Local MPs
FSAC has been in regular communication with the Public Safety Canada and Other Federal Government Officials on behalf of death care workers. Enclosed are details about these communications. The downloadable package includes a copy of all communication and a pre-written letter for funeral businesses to send to their local MPs.
After receiving numerous emails from FSAC, Public Safety Canada deemed death care workers as 'essential workers'. This was the first step in a great victory! Following this designation, FSAC wrote the Minister of Health and the National Advisory Committee of Immunization (NACI) to request that as essential workers, death care workers specifically receive priority COVID-19 vaccination. On December 8, 2020 NACI acknowledged that death care workers should be considered in stage 2 of vaccine.
With a federal 'essential status' designation and a priority vaccination acknowledgement, FSAC quickly shifted gears to support the provincial associations where the vaccine would be administered. As we write this today on January 13, 2021, two provincial associations have received verbal confirmation that the death care workers in their province will in fact be included in the phase two vaccination rollout.
FSAC has put together a downloadable package including all communication with federal organization that got us to this point. Our hope is that Canadian funeral homes will send this to their local MP to support their provincial association's efforts in confirming a phase 2 vaccination for all death care workers. You can download this package here.
Once you have personalized your letter (at beginning), you can save the package as a PDF and send this to your local MP. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Diane Hull at diane@fsac.ca or at 1-888-507-3722.
