Category Archives: Health Care

Nearly three in four Ontarians want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals instead of private clinics: new poll

Vast majority say there isn’t enough staff in public hospitals OTTAWA – Seventy-three per cent of Ontarians believe the government should prioritize spending on public hospitals rather than private clinics, in a poll conducted following the recent budget announcement of $280 million being shunted to private, for-profit clinics. Eighty-four per cent also said they believe…

78 per cent of people in Golden Horseshoe and Western Ontario want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals not private clinics: new poll

Vast majority say there isn’t enough staff in public hospitals Hamilton, ON – Seventy-eight per cent of people living in Western Ontario believe the government should prioritize spending on public hospitals rather than private clinics, in a poll conducted following the recent budget announcement of $280 million being shunted to private, for-profit clinics. Eighty-five per…

Ontarians want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals not private clinics: new poll

Vast majority say there isn’t enough staff in public hospitals, including 82 per cent of Ontario PC supporters TORONTO – Nearly three in four Ontarians believe the government should prioritize spending on public hospitals rather than private clinics, in a poll conducted following the recent budget announcement of $280 million being shunted to private, for-profit…

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…