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On eve of government ad campaign, public increasingly critical of health reforms The Gordon Campbell Liberal government has failed to reverse public skepticism about its seniors’ care reforms, according to a new McIntyre and Mustel poll commissioned by …

Printer Friendly Version Another promise broken by B.C. Liberals A move by St. Paul's Hospital to privatize 1,000 day surgery procedures will lead to longer waits in public hospitals and is more evidence that the Gordon Campbell Liberals have long …

Six hundred front-line health and social service workers from every corner of B.C. meet in Richmond tomorrow for the 23rd biennial convention of the 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). It will be the first convention the union has held since …

Under cover of the Royal visit, the provincial government’s health authorities are set to announce the largest health privatization initiative to date that will hand control of critical hospital functions to private corporations and result in the firing …

Health authorities urged to make revised budgets public by end of May Yesterday’s announcement of the revised 2003/04 provincial health care budget that includes an additional $328 million in spending should have a positive impact on B.C.’s health care …

Convention delegates demand fair, equal access to services for all communities Policies of the Campbell government that have hurt rural communities in B.C. came under intense criticism at the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) convention in Richmond today, …

Staff layoffs and resident evictions illustrate the tragedy of closing seniors’ care facilities Forty-five care aides and therapeutic and food services workers at Burnaby’s Cascade Residence received layoff notices late yesterday as the Fraser Health …

B.C.'s largest health care union has given the nod to Premier Glen Clark's creation of two new cabinet positions targeted at social and community development. And the Hospital Employees' Union is hopeful that the creation of a cabinet council for social …

The discovery this past week of the remains of 215 children on the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School is deeply upsetting, and stands as a stark reminder that the residential school system was genocidal and that its impacts continue to cause …

The 2020 MPP Member Benefit Statements will be distributed in June and are available in the confidential “My Account” found on the Municipal Pension Plan website.    It’s important to carefully review the statement, including pensionable service , which …