Healthcare Privatization

Feb 7, 2022

Healthcare Funding Blame Campaign

Conservative premiers blame federal health transfers for healthcare crisis while provincial policies like Bill 124 drove nurses out.

Nov 7, 2019

Bill 124: Public Sector Wage Caps

Legislation capping public sector wage increases at 1% annually for three years, later struck down as unconstitutional by the courts.

Jan 1, 2022

Nursing Shortage Crisis

Ontario faces a shortage of approximately 25,000 nurses, with emergency departments overwhelmed and over 2,000 patients daily waiting on stretchers.

Jan 16, 2023

Private Healthcare Clinic Expansion

The government dramatically expanded funding for private surgical clinics while public hospital operating rooms sit empty due to staffing shortages.

Sep 1, 2022

Home Care Privatization Expansion

Systematic expansion of for-profit home care delivery while public and non-profit providers face funding challenges, shifting public healthcare dollars to private shareholders.

May 26, 2020

Long-Term Care Staffing Crisis

Chronic understaffing in long-term care homes exacerbated by wage caps and for-profit expansion, with military reports documenting horrific care deficiencies during COVID-19.

Apr 1, 2020

Long-Term Care System Failures

Systemic failures in long-term care homes led to thousands of deaths during COVID-19, with promised reforms remaining largely unimplemented.

Nov 15, 2023

Clearpoint Health Revolving Door Scandal

Former Health Minister Christine Elliott became a lobbyist for Clearpoint Health Network—whose Don Mills clinic received a 278% funding increase during her tenure—and now lobbies for more funding while the chain gets paid double what public hospitals receive for identical surgeries.