MEDIA ADVISORY: Actions Across Ontario to Tell Premier Ford that the priority of Ontarians is to fix the long-term care crisis, not to privatize home care
June 30, 2020 16:58 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Media events will include updates on the Ford government’s failure to respond to the crisis in long-term care, on their attempt to push through Bill 175...
Ford Government Given Failing Marks in Response to Recommendations on Long-Term Care COVID-19 Response in Joint Open Letter from more than 200 Organizations Representing Almost 2 Million Ontarians
June 30, 2020 11:54 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, June 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition issued an open letter to Premier Doug Ford on May 28, 2020 calling for key improvements to safety and care in Ontario’s...
COVID-19 economic recovery plan must put people first if it is to succeed, says the Ontario Federation of Labour
June 24, 2020 13:10 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For an effective economic recovery that protects the health and safety of Ontarians, the government must put people first, invest in the public services,...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Protests at the Ontario Legislature & Across the Province Today: Ford government moves to push through Bill 175, restructuring and privatizing home care while refusing to address critical care & staffing crisis in long-term care homes
June 24, 2020 06:00 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, June 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- List of Events Wednesday June 24 at noon (unless otherwise specified): IN TORONTO AT THE LEGISLATURE:12 o’clock, noon, on Wednesday June 24 ~ On the...
Most Recent Tracking Report Shows that Ministry of Long-Term Care & Public Health Ontario Have Discontinued Public Reporting of Vital COVID-19 Data, Outbreaks in Health Settings Down but Death Rate Continues to Rise
June 23, 2020 17:08 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition released its most recent two-week report tracking the spread of COVID-19 among patients, residents...
Health Coalition Plans Protests Across Ontario As Ford Government Pushes Through New Laws to Privatize Home & Community Care, Stifle Class Action Suits, In Midst of Pandemic & Fails to Take Action on Emergency Staffing Crisis in Long-Term Care
June 22, 2020 13:25 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, June 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tragically, over the last two weeks there have been several well-publicized deaths of residents in long-term care as a result of malnutrition and...
“It is a New Low” Behaviour of Government MPPs in Home Care Legislation Public Hearings Unprecedented and Unacceptable: Health Coalition
June 17, 2020 14:05 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition is making a formal complaint today regarding the behaviour of three government MPPs in the public hearing into Bill 175 the...
Ford Government should immediately repeal Bill 124, after Manitoba Court strikes down similar wage restraint legislation as unconstitutional, says Ontario Federation of Labour
June 12, 2020 12:24 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario unions are renewing their call for the Ford government to repeal Ontario’s wage control legislation (Bill 124), after a court ruling struck down a...
OFL Statement: Lives at risk as Ford government sidelines the ministry responsible for worker safety during COVID-19
June 11, 2020 06:00 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, June 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ford government’s sidelining of the ministry responsible for worker protections will cost lives, and changes within the ministry are required. The...
OFL to Ford Government: For Ontario’s economy to recover safely and prosper, post-COVID-19 plans must include workers and the unions that represent them
April 27, 2020 17:17 ET
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Ontario Federation of Labour
TORONTO, April 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During all three phases of reopening Ontario’s economy, the government’s Ontario Jobs and Recovery Committee must include the Official Opposition, and...