Ontario Hospitals Warn Healthcare Workers of Potential ‘Shortages’ in Face Masks And Protective Supplies

Published March 26, 2020 News Brief

Ontario Medical Association says doctors are warning of “dire shortages”

Ontario Used Emergency Powers to Contract Out Unionized Hospital Jobs. Experts Say It Will Compromise Care.

Published March 25, 2020 News

"I'm not aware of anything in the statutes governing labour relations in hospitals that would give such powers to the government"

Doug Ford Announced New ‘Surge Funding’ for Hospitals. It’s The Same Amount Pledged In Past Flu Seasons.

Published March 21, 2020 Fact-Check

New funds to add more beds during ‘unprecedented’ emergency is the same amount pledged to create beds in recent flu seasons

Ontario Announces ‘Surge Funding’ to Boost Hospital Capacity. But Ontario Hospitals Are Already Stretched Thin.

Published March 17, 2020 Analysis

Many hospitals in Ontario operated at above 100% capacity in 2019

Ontario’s Education Minister Lets Slip His New Plan Could Eliminate Secure Jobs for Special Educators

Published March 9, 2020 News

Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s new ‘Supports for Students’ plan would ‘create a two-tier system of education’, support staff say

‘Bait and Switch’: Doug Ford’s New Numbers On Special Education Staff Funding Are Not Adding Up

Published March 4, 2020 Fact-Check

Education Minister Stephen Lecce claims special education will be fully-funded. Support staff workers say his numbers don’t add up.