Are Personal Support Workers Simply Cheap Labour in Ontario?

By Cynthia Herron

Are Personal Support Workers that work in Ontario being used a cheap labour by the Ontario government?  That seems to be the overwhelming consensus of Personal Support Workers across the province.  They feel that they are being used by the provincial government to make up for the shortfall in funding to the home-care support system throughout the province.  Here is a fantastic article that encapsulates the entire situation from the perspective of a Personal Support Worker in Toronto.  Here is the article.

What do you think?  Is this a valid perspective?  Let us know.