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More Chaos for Ontario Health Athome Workers as Employer Reverses Freeze on their Return to Work Order Less Than a Day After Announcing it was on Hold
CUPE Ontario October 14, 2025 Toronto – Yesterday, Ontario Health at Home announced that it was reconsidering the timeline for its four-day-a-week, return-to-office plan — a clear response to the growing pressure from CUPE members who spoke out together. But less than 24 hours later, at 2 p.m. today, the employer issued another memo reversing course and announcing that staff will now be expected to return to the office beginning October 20. This is a complete contradiction

CUPE Ontario
Oct 141 min read


Ontario Patient Ombudsman report slams Health atHome’s bungling of medical supply shortages
Sept. 25, 2025 By Ana Pereira, Business Reporter for the Toronto Star Patient Ombudsman Craig Thompson describes home care as critical....

Ana Pereira
Sep 251 min read


Webinar: Stopping runaway privatization of health care in Canada - organized by Canadian Health Coalition
by Tracy Glynn, National Director of Operations and Projects for the Canadian Health Coalition In Ontario, the Ford government has...

Tracy Glynn
Jul 141 min read


‘We medicalize aging’: The case for meeting seniors’ home care needs
Thousands of Canada’s oldest seniors have unmet home care needs, making it difficult for them to stay healthy and remain in their homes...

Meagan Gillmore
Jul 121 min read


Risky Business: Profitizing Home Care
Hosted by The Care Economy Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 12 noon Eastern (to 1:30 pm) Hear experts from Canada and the US about the growing...

The Care Economy
Mar 261 min read


Home care supply shortage due to mistakes by Ontario Health and Ontario Health atHome, sources say
Nov. 11, 2024 Ontario Health atHome says it is doing everything it can to address the situation and “continuing to look for opportunities...

Kenyon Wallace
Nov 11, 20242 min read


Crushing The People Who Care
Family and friend caregivers are the bedrock of Ontario’s caring system. They are also the least valued by the Ontario government. For...

Patricia Spindel
Oct 20, 20241 min read


Bill 135 Will Cause Home Care Chaos
Privatization, Precarity, Profit: Healthcare Unions Speak Up for Home Care Services ONA President Erin Ariss, RN, stood in solidarity...

Ontario Nurses' Association
May 12, 20241 min read


We’ve seen claims of ‘Common Sense’ before and it wasn’t pretty
Each time I hear Pierre Poilievre repeat his “common sense” slogan, my mind leaps back to the turmoil in Ontario during the Common Sense...

John Cartwright
May 12, 20241 min read


Home Care Roundtable
To discuss the current state of home care in Ontario and what needs to be done to fix it, local Ontario Liberals and the Waterloo Region...

Ontario Liberal Party
Mar 13, 20241 min read


Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 20241 min read


Can we afford to keep ignoring the health of unpaid caregivers?
Feb 27, 2024 Unpaid caregivers are the backbone of the Canadian health-care system, providing personal, physical, social and financial...

Monica Parry
Feb 28, 20241 min read


How Will Changes to Home Care Affect You and Your Loved Ones?
Ontario Health Coalition Home Care: Privatization and Dismantling of Public Control Briefing Note on the Ford Government’s Changes to...

Ontario Health Coalition
Nov 12, 20235 min read
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