Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding when contracts expire March 31 CUPE and Ontario Health Coalition warn! – Ottawa

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OTTAWA, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only two weeks away from further harm if the province…

Band-aid funding an injustice to vulnerable children: Local Children’s Aid workers to raise issue with Niagara Falls MPP

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – Today, front line Children’s Aid workers will ask local MPP Kim Craitor to come to the aid of vulnerable children and families by pressing the government to fix…

2010 Municipal & School Board Elections

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.                       Find your newly-elected labour council-endorsed Mayors, Councillors and Trustees HERE!Thanks to your votes and volunteering, 177 labour council-endorsed Mayors, Municipal…

Ontario Kids First

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.     Put Ontario Kids First!  Full public funding and delivery of children’s services now!  The McGuinty government should put Ontario’s kids first. That means full public funding…

Throne Speech job promises can’t hide dangerous changes in health care and sell-off of public assets, CUPE Ontario President says

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The job promises previewed in today’s Throne Speech are vague and fail to hide dangerous changes in how patients access health care, how funding is allocated to hospitals and…

Ontario Throne Speech – Ontario government plan for hospitals to compete for patients a ‘lose-lose’ failure in Britain—says major study

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The signal in today’s Throne Speech that the Ontario Liberals intend to proceed on a model where hospitals compete for patients and funding—being called a ‘lose-lose’ policy in Britain…

Children’s Aid

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Children Aid Services in Ontario are facing an imminent crisis due to a $67 million dollar shortfall in funding by the provincial government.  The provincial government has…