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Who owns and operates our hospitals and how hospital services are provided matters. Public hospitals cost less, provide better care, and serve the public good

To protect and expand public health care, our governments must enforce the Canada Health Act and guard against private, for-profit services. Access to care should be based on medical need, not ability to pay

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.

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.

Conservative politicians and far-right groups are trying to divide us as workers by spreading disinformation about 2SLGBTQI+ youth. They are targeting trans youth to distract us from their anti-worker policies, spreading hate about vulnerable people for political gain. Right-wing governments benefit from workers being divided instead of united against cuts to public services, the cost of living crisis, and more.