New study reveals Ontario spent $9.2 billion on for-profit staffing agencies over 10 years

Private agency costs rose by 23 per cent in the Hamilton-Niagara region from 2013-14 to 2022-23 Niagara Falls, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario make significant increases in hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report…

As strike at Canadian Hearing Services continues, Deaf Toronto residents have trouble accessing Sign language interpreting services

Toronto, ON – With the strike at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) now in it’s third week, Deaf, Deafblind, and hard of hearing Greater Toronto Area residents are seeing critical services impacted and denied. The 206 members of CUPE 2073 who work at CHS as Sign language interpreters, employment consultants, Deafblind intervenors, and in other frontline…