Chapman, Lyndsay

On June 14, World Blood Donor Day, we’d like to thank all of the people across Ontario who donate blood. Your small sacrifice of time does an incredible amount of good. The steady supply of donated blood and plasma that our health care system relies on, wouldn’t exist without the thousands of selfless blood donors...

My gratitude goes out to all CBS members. Your work keeping Ontario’s blood supply safe during this pandemic has been vital. You keep the province running, by keeping people healthy. I know, it hasn’t been easy. You’ve faced extremely stressful conditions on the front lines of this crisis. But you’ve got the full support of...

OPSEU’s cautionary warning to the Ontario government that it not open up the province’s blood and plasma industry to private interests is a driving force behind an August 13 CBC story. “We’ve been reminded through the COVID-19 Pandemic just how important national self-sufficiency is,” the article quoted OPSEU CBS and Diagnosics Chair Geoff Cain as...