We write as representatives of the Ontario Universities and Colleges Coalition (OUCC)—which represents over 435,000 faculty, staff, and students from every public postsecondary institution in Ontario—to request that your ministries ensure that unions and campus Joint Health and Safety Committees (JHSC) are integrally involved in return-to-work planning and decisions regarding on-campus operations this fall. Union representation and JHSC inclusion are essential for ensuring campus workers’ voices are adequately heard and best practices for protecting the safety and health of our campus communities are followed as preparations are made for reopening Ontario’s university and college campuses.

Military personnel sent to nursing homes in Ontario have observed shocking conditions, including “blatant disregard” for infection control measures, mistreatment of residents and a level of care described as “horrible,” according to documents obtained by Global News.

"Far more importantly for the health of the residents who are the focus of all concerned, is
our transparency and collaborative work with each LTCF to improve the situation so as to have
an immediate effect on both daily operations and incremental facility recovery. To that end, I can
assure that each ACC team has addressed their own observations with the LTCF management and
the competent medical authority available at each site. Every engagement to date has been
positive with an acknowledgement by the LTCF that they need to improve, with the improvement
on these observed issues being as equal in importance to: overall recovery as proper staffing,
suffcient medical resources and supplies, coherent management return on site and establish a
working connection to respective health networks."