Send an email
As part of our campaign to bring back universal masking in BC healthcare, we’re flooding BC policy-makers with emails and faxes. You can use our one-click email tool here – but if you prefer to send your own, find some wording below to get you started!
Send a fax
Want to send a free fax? Download our letter as a document, and just add the policy-maker’s name and your own:
Find a list of people you can fax here. We recommend starting with your MLA and the Minister of Health, then go from there!
Template wording
Subject: Urgent: restore universal masking to BC healthcare
Dear [title and name],
I’m writing about BC’s decision to drop healthcare mask requirements. The loss of consistent mask protections directly affects me and my loved ones. It means we can’t safely access medical care, and when we have no choice but to go, we’re forced to endure unnecessary risks.
In the last couple weeks, vulnerable British Columbians have sent over 18,000 messages begging BC maintain and improve healthcare mask protections. This choice shuts out the voices of those most impacted, and can only contribute to avoidable illness, disability, and death.
Not only does COVID continue to circulate in BC, but we are facing warnings about measles and tuberculosis, and the looming threat of H5N1 (avian influenza). Despite claims about the “end of respiratory illness season”, NACI guidance clearly states that “the seasonality of COVID is not yet established”. The spring vaccination campaign underscores the ongoing risks to many British Columbians – including immunocompromised people, for whom vaccines often provide less protection.
These risks aren’t theoretical. Last year, BC’s experiment in healthcare mask removal was followed by multiple COVID outbreaks. Research shows hospital-acquired COVID is at least 70 times more deadly – and multiple polls show 85-91% of respondents must delay healthcare due to lack of COVID safety.
Unless you take action to reverse this, it will be an indelible stain on your legacy. Please learn more at DoNoHarmBC.ca – and then please, use your voice and decision-making power to help restore universal masking to healthcare.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your postal code – this ensures your message is prioritized!]
Seeking a template letter from a past campaign?
Find them below. (Click to expand.)
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