Outsourcing Archives - Nova Scotia Advocate

90+ hospital employees see their jobs disappear as Nova Scotia Health outsources its health records management services

December 21, 2020 8 Comments

91 well-paying union jobs, many in rural Nova Scotia, will disappear when the Nova Scotia Health Authority farms out its health records management to US-owned Iron Mountain. CUPE Nova Scotia President Nan McFadgen is concerned how this will impact the already depressed economy in rural Nova Scotia, now stressed even further because of the pandemic. She’s also worried about entrusting an American company with personal health information.

Invisible no more: Janitors during the coronavirus crisis

May 22, 2020

“It’s always on our mind. Before I was redeployed somebody had tested positive at the call centre, and you think about it while at work. Then when you come home you worry about what you may have brought home.” Janitors do essential and dangerous work, but wages are very low and too often it’s all about doing more with fewer workers.

Halifax living wage ordinance slips away into a distant future and Council is fine with that

May 11, 2020

Halifax Council had an opportunity to do something about the low wages paid by its contractors, and instead it chose to do nothing at all.

Op-ed: Unisys and government – Breaking up is hard to do

April 25, 2018

Triggered by the FOIPOP data breach debacle, here are some thoughts on the IT outsourcing arrangement between government and Unisys. It’s not the kind of thing you can easily walk away from.

Much cheaper to hire permanent city staff than use expensive consultants, report shows

August 14, 2017

The City of Halifax could save millions of dollars if it were to expand its permanent staff rather than pay for expensive consultants. That is the conclusion of a business case developed by the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) division of the city acquired by the Nova Scotia Advocate through a Freedom of Information request.