Profession: I am a Mechanical Engineering Technologist and I currently work for an HVAC manufacturing company. My work experience has included technical sales, design engineering, application engineering, technical writing, and marketing.
Education:
I graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Technology program at Red River College.
About You
What is the biggest issue facing your community, and how would you address it?
The number one issue I hear about over and over again at doorsteps is healthcare. The closure of the Concordia Hospital ER has had a direct impact on the local community, along with the long wait times for knee and hip replacements.
I think it's important to streamline the administration and bureaucracy in the current health system so that we can allow hospitals to make their own decisions on issues like the reopening of emergency rooms. The professionals in the health care industry absolutely need to be heard in order to make the Health Care system work well for the patients they serve.
I also believe that switching to a patient-based model for hip and knee replacement surgeries, as opposed to the current block funding model, will allow for the completion of more procedures and shorter wait times. British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario have implemented this funding model, which resulted in much shorter wait times for joint replacement surgeries.
Why did you decide to run for office?
I want to give a voice to people who need to be heard, and who want to be represented by someone who looks like them, who has lived and worked in a community like their own. I am a working class mother who lives in a 1970s bungalow in Valley Gardens. I don't have a vacation home or a bulging bank account. But I do have a strong voice, and a wealth of experience and connections in the community to back up that voice. I want a strong Legislature full of experienced people that also look and live like the people they represent.
Tell us something about yourself that voters might find surprising.
I was an Air Cadet when I was a teenager and I learned to fly when I was 16. That was many, many years ago, so I don't think I can call myself a pilot any more, but I still look at big blue skies with a longing to soar again.
Find out more about Tanya Hansen Pratt, Liberal, Radisson:
https://www.manitobaliberals.ca/tanyahansenpratt
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