Vancouver Sun
Adriane Gear
Publishing · On our record since 2024
Where this writer stands
Health1 piece
Expand public coverageMore private delivery
“Health employers have also become dependent on the use of privatized agency nurses. In the 2024-25 fiscal year, the province purchased over 2.2 million hours of private nursing care, effectively funnelling tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to for-profit private companies.” Read the piece
Labour1 piece
Stronger unions and standardsMore flexibility for employers
“This dispute was never about enriching nurses. It was about reducing the costs of being a nurse through addressing violence, allowing nurses to deliver care only they can provide, and preventing the burnout that drives so many out of the profession.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Opinion: Parallel privatized health-care systems like Alberta's don't reduce wait timesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 15, 2026
- Opinion: Nurses' job action about fairness and support, not just wagesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 6, 2026
- Adriane Gear and Linda Silas: Inadequate nursing staffing levels are putting patients at riskOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 30, 2024