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rabble talks to OPSWA president Miranda Ferrier about her efforts lobbying the government to regulate the profession.

As the population ages, and seniors experience increasingly complex conditions as they live longer than ever before, home care is projected to expand rapidly. And Ontario is open for business.

rabble interviews the sociology professor about janitorial work and the decline of the Canadian welfare state.

As many as 100 temp agencies operate in the highly diverse neighbourhood, says advocacy report.

Patty Coates, the president of the Ontario Federation of Labour, speaks to rabble ahead of its rally against Conservative cuts.

An interview with the NDP's health critic in the Ontario legislature, about the state of home care in the province.

Low government health-care spending and privatized services are neglecting the needs of an aging population and profoundly impacting an overburdened and precarious workforce.

Read what happened last week in the Canadian labour movement in rabble's roundup for January 27, 2020.

Privatization has negatively affected both workers and patients. The work is demanding, unstable and low-paying, and staff turnover is high.

The neoliberalization of Ontario's long-term care system has resulted in all the contradictions and inefficiencies associated with for-profit health care delivery.