Search

ActiveFilters

Will Mark Carney continue the Liberals’ pro-privatization agenda?

Before leaving office, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set in motion several privatization projects, hoping his successor will carry them forward. Here’s some of what Justin Trudeau is hoping Mark Carney and the Liberals will see through if they are re-elected later this month.

Pension plans benefit retirees, their communities and the economy

On February 20, CUPE is marking Pension Awareness Day by calling attention to the benefits of workplace pension plans for Canadian workers, local communities and the economy as a whole.

P3 transit projects expose failures of privatization

Public transit is key to healthy communities. But governments are letting corporations profit from this essential service. This new backgrounder explains why privatized transit projects have failed, and what it means for other privatization schemes.

Photo of electrical pylons

Privatizing public electricity services: A poor economic decision

At the beginning of the year, CUPE locals at Hydro-Québec launched a public campaign warning against any plans to privatize the crown corporation and public electricity services. The large-scale campaign was featured on television, online, and on giant billboards throughout Montreal and Quebec City.

Wrecking ball to your pension

Pierre Poilievre will take a wrecking ball to your pension

Throughout his time in office, Pierre Poilievre has never shied away from an opportunity to weaken pensions and retirement security for his fellow Canadians. Any time Conservatives come to power, they take a wrecking ball to our pensions, and it takes years to fix their mistakes.

Act now: Keep profit out of health care

We all know our public health care system urgently needs to be improved. Patients are facing emergency room closures, longer wait times for surgery and a shortage of doctors.

Privatization: P3, SIB, ASD….WTF?!

Privatization has many names. This newly updated guide cuts through the language that privatization promoters hide behind, to show what’s really at stake for our public services. It also lists some of the key privatization pushers, as well as the processes that governments and employers use to pave the way for privatization.

Privatization a major barrier to racial justice: CUPE report

A new CUPE research report shines a spotlight on the ways for-profit services harm Indigenous, Black and racialized workers and their communities. The Colour of Privatization looks at the origins and ongoing impacts of privatization, shares members’ experiences with contracting out, and outlines concrete ways to fight racial discrimination and strengthen public services.

Photo of HEU members at CUPE celebrating the reversed privatization of jobs in hospitals and long-term care homes.

Celebrating our historic struggles against contracting out and privatization

CUPE members have defended high-quality public services since our union’s inception in 1963. Privatization is an ever-present threat – one we faced then, and still face every day. Fighting privatization has always been a priority at CUPE: we shouldn’t have to live in a society where our quality of life is sold to the lowest bidder. Here, we celebrate some of the significant campaigns.

Retirement security is key to solving housing crisis

The affordable housing crisis in Canada means that home ownership is out of reach for many workers. It is also becoming more difficult to find safe, clean, and comfortable rental housing. One surprising obstacle to housing affordability? Canada’s inadequate public pensions. Too many people must rely on the value of their home going up – worsening affordability for future generations – in order to retire.