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On Monday evening, aquatic activities instructors with the City of Saint-Lambert held a demonstration outside municipal council on Hooper Street. A wave of uncertainty is currently washing over this group, as employer representatives have let it be known to the instructors, lifeguards and their union that their jobs are threatened by contracting out.

The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).

CUPE 1615 says the province’s latest post-secondary funding announcement confirms Memorial University is not being restored. While the government has increased year-over-year funding by just over 5%, the union says there is no meaningful investment to replace years of lost revenue, leaving Memorial to absorb the costs.

Health Canada is reviewing the deaths of two paid plasma donors related to Grifols plasma collection centres in Winnipeg. These come after a third donor filed a lawsuit alleging he suffered permanent kidney damage after giving plasma at one of those collection centres. Grifols facilities in Calgary and Regina have recently also failed inspections by Health Canada, including by not accurately assessing donors’ suitability.

Manitoba’s largest labour union has released new polling that shows the City of Winnipeg needs to rethink its approach to procurement.

In response to Bernard Drainville’s call for greater private-sector involvement in public transit, we need to remember that the private sector is already omnipresent and, far from saving money, this model has actually reduced the quality of service in the Quebec network.

Manitoba’s largest labour union says GFL’s decision to move their headquarters from Toronto into the United States underscores the arguments they have been making that the contracting out of municipal services leads to tax dollars leaving Manitoba and Canada, and hurting our local economy.