The crisis in Ontario’s home care system was laid bare at a press conference in London, Ontario, as CUPE representatives for Ontario Health at Home demanded action.
Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), and Brett Geneau, a CUPE representative and team assistant at Ontario Health at Home, addressed the media to expose the significant instability, dysfunction, and chaos inflicted by the Ford government’s disastrous restructuring of home care.
Hurley, a powerful voice representing over 40,000 hospital workers across Ontario, provided a crucial historical perspective, tracing the roots of Ontario’s current home care crisis and the devastating impact of restructuring on the supply and availability of critical home care medical supplies and equipment.
Geneau, speaking passionately on behalf of the 1,800 dedicated CUPE members who work for Ontario Health at Home, delivered a compelling account of the crushing workloads, never-ending workplace instability, and the looming threat of privatization that these workers face daily.
The CUPE representatives provided a powerful call to action urging the Ford government to support home care workers, end the chaos they’ve created, and commit to building a truly unified public home care system that Ontario residents deserve.