Niagara Region paramedics deliver overwhelming strike mandate as response times and mental health crisis deepens

St. Catherines, ON – In a sign of Niagara’s deepening emergency services crisis, paramedics, dispatchers, and occupational therapists with CUPE 911 voted 99 per cent in favour of strike action last week, with 82 per cent of members voting. The overwhelming strike mandate follows years of surging call volumes, falling response times for the most…