Category Archives: Health Care

Hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies shot up 114 per cent in South West health region of Ontario: CCPA report

Stratford, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies shows a co-relation between the dramatic growth…

“Boom for private profits at the expense of public hospitals:” researcher warns hospital crisis will worsen due to Ontario government policy

New CCPA study warns about wasteful expenditure on private healthcare as Ontario budget promises $280 million to for-profit facilities Sarnia – Last week’s provincial budget shows that Ontario is heading down the same policy path that led to the severe hospital staffing crisis fueling rampant ER closures, hallway health care, and long wait-lists, according to…

Hospital spending on private staffing agencies shot up by 216 per cent in North Eastern Ontario: CCPA report

Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   North Bay – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

Champlain region hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies increased by 134 per cent over 10 years

Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Cornwall, ON – A new research report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives recommends Ontario significantly increase hospital funding while phasing out costly for-profit staffing agencies and making investments in preventative health care. The report Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…

CUPE files unfair labour practice, cites “surface bargaining” as cause of strike at Canadian Hearing Services

TORONTO, ON – In the normal course of bargaining, employers and unions exchange proposals and negotiate earnestly over weeks or months to find a middle ground. That is not what happened in the brief negotiations between Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) and CUPE 2073 – which broke down on April 28, resulting in what is now…

New study reveals hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies in Ontario’s South East region rose by 181 per cent over 10 years

Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Picton, 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 Hollowed Out: Ontario…

New study reveals hospital spending on for-profit staffing agencies in Ontario’s South East region rose by 181 per cent over 10 years

Across Ontario, hospitals spent $9.2 billion on staffing agencies between 2013-14 and 2022-23   Kingston, 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 Hollowed Out: Ontario…

For-profit staffing agency costs rose by 181 per cent for South East region hospitals in Ontario over 10 years

Private staffing agencies drained $9.2 billion from public hospitals over 10-year period Belleville, 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 Hollowed Out: Ontario public hospitals…