Unanimous strike vote at Yorktown Family Services reveals problems in City’s safety net for families and children

TORONTO – Prevention is better than cure and community-based mental health supports are meant to help before families break down. Workers at Yorktown Family Services – members of the Toronto Civic Employees’ Union, CUPE Local 416 voted unanimously in favour of a strike vote yesterday. This vote by workers at Yorktown Family Services reveals a…

Presented with solutions to child protection crisis, Ford Conservatives insist on status quo

TORONTO – A week after a new survey revealed the number of child protection agencies warehousing children and youth in unsafe, unlicensed homes across the province, the Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) offered a legislative solution. The Conservatives rejected it. Bill 188, branded the Supporting Children’s Futures Act, contained updates to the Child, Youth, and…