Michael Hurley is the president of CUPE s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (TBNewswatch file)
TORONTO The Canadian Union of Public Employees says current spending proposals by the provincial government will put Northwestern Ontario hospitals under significant cost pressures.
CUPE held a news conference Wednesday to release a union research paper called
Ontario Hospital Crisis: Overcapacity and Under Threat.
It said it used government data to extrapolate spending projections, and found that province-wide hospital funding will fall almost $600 million behind in the first year, and over $4.4 billion in eight years.
Assuming that staffing follows funding, CUPE said this would mean about 15 per cent less staff relative to demand.
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“The Ford Government’s Racist Scapegoating Must Be Resisted:” CUPE Ontario Condemns Rhetoric About Borders and International Students
May 5, 2021 GMT
TORONTO (BUSINESS WIRE) May 5, 2021
The Ford government’s escalating rhetoric about closing the borders and banning international students is racist dog whistle politics that has nothing to do with fighting COVID-19, and the Federal government must not enforce border controls unfairly targeting anyone, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario.
“This is part of a long-standing pattern by the Ford Conservatives of evading responsibility and blaming anyone but themselves,” said Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. “Let’s be clear. No matter the changing circumstances with this pandemic, if the Ford Conservatives had done their job months ago, listened to their own science table, and put in place real measur
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Few details are available following a heavy police presence outside the office of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) adjacent to Pizza Hut on Lakeshore Drive.
This afternoon, North Bay Police issued a public advisory to avoid the areas of Lee Ave, Lakeshore Ave, and MacDonald Ave E as part of an ongoing police investigation.
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Ontario Provincial Police were also at the scene.
Nugget.ca will update as details become available.
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On Tuesday morning, I was getting ready for work, when my phone rang with my child’s school name flashing on the screen.
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On Tuesday morning, I was getting ready for work, when my phone rang with my child’s school name flashing on the screen.
Why are they calling me at 7:41 a.m.?
It was the principal. He was calling to let me know someone in my daughter’s class had tested positive for COVID-19 and the school believed my daughter had been a close contact. We needed to self-isolate immediately, and wait for more information and instructions to follow. I was annoyed and felt inconvenienced by having to self-isolate in my home with my partner and child for two weeks. Working from home with a child in tow is nearly impossible, even when she spends much of the day with eyes glued to a screen.