OPSEU Worried About MNR Cuts

News May 25, 2012 12:47 pm Last Updated on July 4, 2025 2:31 pm

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is sounding the alarm over the Province’s plans for the Ministry of Natural Resources. President Smokey Thomas says the government has already cut back the MNR so much that any more cuts will jeopardize our ability to respond to emergency situations like forest fires. Thomas says the Provincial Government has left fire fighters alone but they’ve continued to cut their support staff.