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Michael Hurley
Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE)
Critic
President of CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE).
Connected Scandals
Critic
The Ford government broke its 2018 promise that "not a single person will lose their job" — eliminating hundreds of health-care positions in 2019 and setting a funding path that Ontario's own Financial Accountability Office projects will cut over 9,000 nurse and PSW positions by 2027-28, in the middle of a nursing shortage already driving emergency room closures across the province.
In a September 21, 2026 CUPE release on the Hamilton Health Sciences cuts, Hurley said: "The Ford government promised to eliminate hallway healthcare. But that promise was insincere."