Community Campaigns

Across Ontario in health care issues and events including, cut-backs, funding issues, political actions and campaign planning will affect different communities in different ways and at different times. please click here to see what your community is currently doing and how you can get involved.

Home Care

When the Progressive Conservative government cut hospital beds by 5,000 and budgets by $1.5 billion resources were to be provided for care in the home...read more

Senior Care

Patients who are acutely ill are being forced out of hospital.
Some are pushed into unregulated for-profit retirement homes which have no standards of care.
A man discharged from a Toronto hospital unable to feed himself starved to death in such a home last year.
A dying Windsor woman was told care in a for-profit retirement home would be better than the care in hospital....read more

Anti-poverty

Poverty in Ontario is steadily increasing, and while the rich are getting richer, the poor are losing their livelihoods, their homes and are having difficulty providing for themselves and others. With the financial crisis used as a catalyst to cut from those who make the least, attacks on the most vulnerable in our country are becoming more brazen and the financial gap between the rich and poor gets wider every day...read more

Hospital Acquired Infections

Healthcare associated infections develop in a patient as a result of their exposure to healthcare facilities or procedures. They include methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE), C. difficile and other infections caused by bacteria and viruses encountered in healthcare facilities....read more

Trade

Hey Canada, heard of the CETA yet? No? It's not surprising! Once again, our federal and provincial government and business leaders are negotiating a "free trade" deal behind the backs of Canadians. This time, it's called the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, or CETA for short. It will change the face of Canada as we know it, and Harper wants to sign it in a hurry - before anyone has a chance to debate it! ...Read more

Workplace Violence

The serious nature of domestic violence in the workplace warrants the attention of the employer, managers, supervisors, and office security staff. This pamphlet is intended to help managers and supervisors interact with employees who are victims of domestic violence, and to help those employees connect to needed services.
Designing an effective workplace response, including a safety plan, is crucial for everyone. ...read more

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