Five years into Ford government’s privatization of hospital services: longer wait-times, unequal access, and public opposition

Health Care, Solidarity

About 115,000 people in Huron-Perth potentially disadvantaged due to privatization which disproportionately benefits the wealthy. Stratford, ON – The Ford government’s signature policy initiative of privatizing hospital services has resulted in longer wait-times, unequal access based on wealth, and negative public opinion, says a new report by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE). In…

CUPE Statement on Toronto Star CAS Story

Solidarity

Some tragedies are unforeseen. This was not. Jade’s death was the devastating but inevitable result of intentional decisions by this government. This was not an accident or an act of god. This was the entirely predictable consequence of a government’s misplaced priorities and apathy to suffering leading to multiple failures in a system that is…