The Petition

Almost half a million people in Atlantic Canada live in chronic pain
everyday. And many of them can't get the help they need. Wait times in
some places in our region are as long as five years. We the undersigned
are demanding that provincial governments in Atlantic Canada make
appropriate investments to improve access to treatment, medications and
services for all types of chronic pain care. Specifically, we believe
that:

• every patient should have the right to access care, diagnosis and
  treatment within one to three months
• every patient should have access to appropriate care as set-out in
  accepted medical and treatment guidelines
• every patient should have access to appropriate medicines and
  treatments without undue financial burden
• governments should invest in improving chronic pain education for
  health care professionals through better undergraduate and continuing
  medical education and training.

We, the undersigned, are asking for these changes because pain hurts
all of us and we want change today.