Public solutions in health care
Public solutions deliver more, cost less and cover everyone
Canada’s public health care system is in crisis. Patients are facing emergency room closures, longer wait times for surgery and a shortage of doctors. Health care workers are struggling with fewer resources, heavier workloads, and more risks to their health and safety.
More and more, provincial governments are turning to private, for-profit companies to build hospitals and deliver essential health care services. The federal government is allowing public dollars in the form of health care transfer payments to flow out of the public system and into private clinics and service providers.
We all know that improvements are needed. But, privatization brings higher costs, lower quality, and favours the wealthy over everyone else. Instead, improvements can and must be made within our public and universal health care system.
Public solutions deliver better results and higher quality of care for less money. With public solutions our health care system can grow to meet the needs of CUPE members, our families and our communities.
CUPE tells feds to protect the promise of affordable public child care
CUPE has written to Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu with a clear message: Canada’s child care system is one of the most important public programs in a generation – and it’s at serious risk already.
In a letter sent earlier this month, CUPE National President Mark Hancock and National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick expressed how the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program has already made a real difference in the lives of millions of families. Fees are coming down, wages are improving, and families are finding real relief. This is what happens when governments listen to workers and invest in care as a public good.
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Funding public health care means more doctors and nurses, safer working conditions, shorter wait times, and better services for communities.
Every parent deserves reliable, accessible, and affordable child care—so they can go to work without worrying, and their kids can learn, grow, and thrive.
Municipal workers are the heartbeat of our neighbourhoods and cities—they deserve fair pay and safety when they show up to serve our communities.
Our schools should be safe, supportive environments where our children have equal opportunities to learn, and have the resources they need to succeed.
Students pursuing their dreams in college and university deserve high-quality education and support. That means ensuring post-secondary education staff are equipped with the funding and resources they need.
Clean drinking water is a human right. Too many communities have been failed by federal governments, past and present. No more broken promises—we must stand together to deliver clean drinking water to every corner of the country.
Unions give workers a stronger voice in the workplace—and bring people together in the fight for fair wages. Stronger workers and stronger connections build stronger communities.