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Tell Doug Ford today stop the leaked omnibus bill safeguard public health care
The Ontario Legislature reconvenes on Tuesday. We have 3 days to reach our local Members of Provincial Parliament, the Health Minister and Doug Ford to put on the pressure to stop the leaked omnibus health care legislation that would privatize and restructure our health care services. CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO DOUG FORD TODAY Please share this email with everyone you know and ask them to take a few minutes to send an email or make a phone call. If they hear from thousands of us, it will give them pause. ____ Urgent message to all members and...
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Workers at Peel’s Butterfly dementia care project report they are physically and mentally exhausted
With Peel Region expanding its “Butterfly” dementia care project to two more long-term care homes, direct care staff working on the Malton Village pilot site are speaking out publicly for the first time about the challenges they’ve faced to make the experiment a success. “There is widespread commitment among care staff to improve the quality of life for residents with dementia and make the Butterfly expansion work,” says Salil Arya, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 966 which represents about 800 long-term care staff employed at four Peel Region homes.
Globe editorial: Let’s make 2019 the year Canada finally gets pharmacare
In 1964, after three years of study, Justice Emmett Hall, the Progressive Conservative judge and chair of the Royal Commission on Health Care Services, recommended that Canada create a system of universal health insurance. Politicians picked up the ball and ran with it, and for two generations we’ve had medicare. It’s not perfect but, compared with what came before, it’s an overwhelming success. Back in 1964, millions of Canadians were counting their pennies to pay the doctor; today, all Canadians are insured. Yet, medicare costs far less than the system in the United States, which leaves millions of Americans uninsured...
Let’s secure workplace pensions
Working Canadians can take heart that a bigger CPP will now be waiting for them in retirement thanks to tireless advocacy of unions, seniors groups, anti-poverty organizations and others. Now it’s time to call on the feds to make sure corporations pay out employee pensions no matter what – including in cases of bankruptcy. Read More
Canada bans asbestos at long last — but it’s not enough!
Thousands of Canadians have died because of exposure to asbestos. New regulations that came into place at the end of 2018 will help reduce that number over time. But there’s more to do, and all levels of government must do their part. Read More
Events Across Canada Commemorating The Quebec Mosque Shooting
On January 29th, 2017, six Muslims were murdered at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada. Six people were killed including Ibrahima Barry (aged 39), Mamadou Tanou Barry (aged 42), Khaled Belkacemi (aged 60), Aboubaker Thabti (aged 44), Abdelkrim Hassane (aged 41) and Azzedine Soufiane (aged 57) Nineteen others were injured, including Aymen Derbali, who is now paralyzed. Read More
Smoke & Mirrors: Uncovering truths about human rights in Canada
This special episode of Smoke & Mirrors features conversations with some of Canada’s leading Black thinkers and activists including Desmond Cole, Robyn Maynard, and Dr. Afua Cooper. Lawyer and journalist Hadiya Roderique hosts the episode. Originally aired February 2018. Click Here for more information
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