TORONTO, ON – A hospital union, representing nearly 10,000 Francophone hospital staff province-wide, today called on the Ontario government to uphold the rights of tens of thousands of Francophone Ontarians and reconsider the closure of the office of the French Language Commissioner. Ontario’s Francophone minority has a legal right to fully access public services in…
TORONTO, ON – Doug Ford’s decision to eliminate the office of the French Language Services Commissioner and Ontario’s planned Francophone University represent an attack on the rights of Franco-Ontarians, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. “These services and protections are how French language rights are realized in our province. This decision by Ford’s government is…
TORONTO, ON – Despite public outrage across the province, today the Ford government passed Bill 47, undoing many of the provinces labour laws, cutting wages for the lowest earners and eliminating two paid sick days for those who don’t have the protection of a collective agreement. “Last week, Ford’s government brought in tax cuts for…
