On April 14, 2014, PPP Canada opened up its application process for the sixth round of the P3 Canada Fund. The federal government has committed $1.25 billion in funds to this program and to qualifying projects and municipalities.
The 10-storey, 680,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility has 404 patient beds in rooms designed to accommodate the latest equipment, provide natural light, and organized to facilitate the best patient care. Each floor has shared dining rooms, activity rooms and patient lounges to encourage social interaction and participation. In planning for the future of healthcare, we have also ensured that the design is to be adaptable for future changes.
This guide gives an overview of the privatization, contracting out and contracting in issues CUPE members face – along with sample collective agreement language for local bargaining committees, bargaining councils and staff representatives. Privatizing jobs and services hurts members and the community, as workers’ living standards decline and well-paying jobs disappear. Our first line of defence against privatization is our union contract, negotiated through collective bargaining.