Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

June 18, 2020 Dear Premier Ford, As part of my promise to work with you, and in response to your public request to hear from frontline inspectors, to resolve the terrible tragedy that has occurred in our long-term care system I am sending you solutions from their perspective. The attached submission is the result of...

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas conducted multiple news interviews recently responding to Doug Ford’s claim that he is ‘taking bullets’ for the union in regards to the crisis in long term care homes. Thomas spoke to Evan Solomon, host of CTV News channel’s political program, POWER PLAY on May 28 and CTV News Ottawa May...

OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says bringing Ontario’s long-term care directly and fully under public sector control and funding is the only way to fix a broken system that is falling apart during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We respect the conclusion drawn by a clearly emotional Premier Ford today that government must do a better job...