'The health-care system in general is a mess' - Infomart - 0 views
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Cape Breton Post Fri Jun 26 2015
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Plummer Avenue served as a line drawn in the sand on Thursday. One side of the street was a sea of red as Liberal supporters gathered at a barbeque to celebrate the opening of Cape Breton Centre Liberal candidate Dave Wilton's office, while the other side was a flurry of red and pink union flags and chants, as members of various locals and home-care workers were waiting for the expected arrival of Premier Stephen McNeil, protesting possible privatization of homecare. "We're here out of concern the Liberal government is gong to privatize all or some parts of home-care services," said Shauna McKenzie, of New Waterford, a home-care worker for 20 years.
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"It would be a loss for the workers, we'd be concerned about their wages, pensions and health benefits if certain parts of homecare or homecare itself, are privatized." "We're trying to make the public aware, protest to the Liberals so they might not go this route." About 25 people were gathered at the protest, filling the air with chants of "hey hey ho ho, Stephen McNeil's got to go." Evelyn Doucette, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3986, said they were there because Premier McNeil was due there to help Wilton open his office.
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