TORONTO, ON. – Arbitrator John Stout has released a decision on additional wage increases for registered nurses (RNs), registered practical nurses (RPNs) and health-care professionals working in Ontario’s non-profit nursing homes.

TORONTO, ON, March 23, 2023 – The Ford government’s provincial budget released today continues the march toward private, for-profit health care at the expense of Ontarians’ health and pocketbooks, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

TORONTO, ON., December 29, 2022 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is expressing outrage that Premier Ford is appealing the Ontario Superior Court’s decision to strike down his wage-cap law, Bill 124, on the grounds that it violates the right to free collective bargaining enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

TORONTO, ON – Premier Doug Ford has issued his traditional season’s greetings card to Ontarians. This year, Ontario hospital staff have a special holiday card delivery of their own for the Premier with a simple message they want him to take to heart: Respect the Bill 124 decision; don’t appeal.

The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is joining with other public-sector labour unions in Ontario in celebrating today’s Ontario Superior Court decision that rules Bill 124 as unconstitutional and contrary to s 2(d) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

TORONTO, ON, September 28, 2022 – A new Financial Accountability Office report released today shows  the Ford government is stealing some $9.7-billion in salary from nurses, health-care professionals and some public-sector workers over the period of 2019-2027. The report notes that staffing shortages are a major risk for the province, something borne out by emergency department closures in this province predicted by the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

TORONTO, ON, September 12, 2022 – After filing a Charter challenge of the Ford government’s wage-suppression legislation – Bill 124 – the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is arguing its case for fairness for nurses at Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice today.

TORONTO, ON, AUGUST 16, 2022 – Today, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada’s largest and foremost heart health centre – the University of Ottawa Heart Institute – joined Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) President Cathryn Hoy, RN, in calling for the Ford government to immediately repeal its wage suppression legislation, Bill 124.

Toronto, ON, August 9, 2022 –Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) President Cathryn Hoy, RN, says the government’s Throne Speech and rereleased provincial budget utterly fail to take urgent action to protect access to healthcare for Ontarians, or to include meaningful solutions to restore our health-care system and its devastated health workforce.

TORONTO, ON – Facing another weekend of severe hospital staff shortages, and the potential for more hospital emergency room and other care unit cuts and closures, Ontario’s provincial government must not sit on their hands, but take immediate action, said health-care unions today. The unions outlined urgent measures to ensure Ontarians can access hospital care in their communities.