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The future of child care in Ontario will depend on a movement of parents sharing their experiences.
“We will be emerging from this convention with a strong action plan to counter these attacks and moving our agenda of justice, equality and fairness for all Canadians forward.” - James Clancy, NUPGE National President.
“The Ministry has failed to do so, and this has led to a rise in violent incidents in our institutions that is unprecedented anywhere in the country.” - Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President.
"It’s unrealistic to claim that a system in almost constant chaos can perform as well as it should,” says Elisabeth Ballermann, HSAA President.
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“The Ministry is moving this work to contingent part-time workers, and away from support workers who have over 20 years’ experience and who have made significant impacts in the lives of parents and students with disabilities,” Warren (Smokey) Thomas, OPSEU President.
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"Medical dispatch and co-ordination are highly specialized aspects necessary to the delivery of timely and appropriate pre-hospital care Manitoba families rely on in times of crisis," said MGEU President Michelle Gawronsky.
The Ministry of the Attorney General plans to create a private regulator to control all aspects of court transcription. This will not serve the administration of justice.
Judges' decision reports that inmates at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre face "staggering" waiting time to see a psychologist. Jail is just one example of a crisis in correctional facilities across the country.
Members negotiate improvements to working conditions and benefits plus a 5.25 per cent increase to wage.
"Pandering to this hard core ideological base might help deflect attention from the scandals the federal Conservatives are facing as they head into their national policy convention later but it will not do anything to help steer our economy to a much needed sustainable recovery.ʺ - James Clancy, NUPGE National President.
“Despite what radical Conservatives would have you believe, this bill is nothing more than political retaliation." - Ken Georgetti, CLC President.
