Legislation expanding private surgeries and procedures will harm Ontario patients, cost more, bleed staff away from public hospitals and leave them with the most complex cases: CUPE

Governmental, Health Care, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – Ontario PC government legislation tabled today that will expand private and for-profit surgeries and procedures isn’t smart spending but costly policy that will increase costs, waits and death rates, lower patient outcomes and bleed scarce staff from public hospitals, says Michael Hurley president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions.  “Throwing huge…

CUPE Ontario responds to fall economic statement: Ontarians hurt by bad decisions that underfund vital public services, warns CUPE Ontario

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TORONTO, ON – Today’s fall economic statement is proof that the Ford government has failed to hear the outcry from so many quarters across the province, said leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, who warned that continuing neglect of public services harms Ontarians. Delivered today by Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy,…

“From our communities to the courts, repeal Bill 124”: CUPE Ontario reacts to Superior Court hearing the legal challenge

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(TORONTO, ON) It’s a milestone in the fight to repeal Bill 124, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario during a press conference about the start of court hearings regarding the legislation. “We are here today to take the next step in our legal challenge against Bill 124,” said Fred Hahn, President of…

“We can’t allow the forcible removal of elders and people with disabilities”: CUPE calls for immediate reversal of the Ford Conservatives’ controversial plan

COVID-19, Governmental, Health Care

Toronto, ON – The Ford Conservatives’ plan to forcibly move elders and people with disabilities from hospitals to long-term care homes does nothing to address the healthcare crisis and in fact worsens it, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “ER and ICU closures, and backlogs of surgeries, are happening because of a snowballing…

“This budget will take us backwards”: CUPE Ontario renews calls for investments into services and people

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Toronto, ON – The Ford Conservatives doubled down on the worst of their instincts, like continuing the artificially and chronically-low corporate tax rate and underinvesting in the services Ontarians rely on, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The same old Ford Conservatives are back and we’re going backwards if they get their…

PCs must make good on their legislated promise to keep LTC residents cool in heatwaves: CUPE calls for immediate installation of air conditioning in all delinquent LTC homes

Governmental, Health and Safety, Health Care, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – By failing to enforce a deadline mandating long-term care operators to install air conditioning in all resident rooms, Ontario’s PC government has again left frail and vulnerable residents to suffer, this time in scorching heat. “The Premier’s lip-service to the importance of air conditioning in long-term care homes just isn’t good enough.…

“Repeal Bill 124”: CUPE Ontario launches campaign to support frontline workers

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Toronto, ON – Now’s the time to finally repeal the Constitution-violating legislation which caps total compensation, including wages, for public sector workers to only 1 per cent, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario during a press conference. “The Ford Conservatives have simply done nothing to deal with the skyrocketing cost of living,”…