Ford government plans unprecedented for-profit privatization of health care: Health Coalitions raise alarm, plan to protect local services
February 14, 2022 13:23 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Feb. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: The Ford government has announced plans to bring in private for-profit hospitals in Ontario. They are handing more...
Our governments cannot negotiate away public health measures: Flooding of 911 lines, blocking of ambulances & other reckless endangerment of public health must result in consequences, safety must be restored
February 10, 2022 17:14 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Feb. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ottawa police reported today that their 911 emergency and police phone lines are being flooded in a “concerted effort” by protesters, warning this is...
Health Care System Besieged by COVID-19: Health Coalition demands Ford answer for lack of action
January 20, 2022 14:41 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
Attn: Assignment Editor TORONTO, Jan. 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- There are more than 4,000 patients with COVID-19 in Ontario’s hospitals, an all time high for this pandemic. Staffing levels...
Advocates for More Than 1 Million Health Care Workers & Patients Call for Emergency Measures Needed to Address the Health Care Staffing Crisis
January 14, 2022 17:37 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario’s hospitals, long-term care (LTC) and home care services face critical and growing staffing crises. Our province’s health care system is not on the...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Advocates for more than a million health care workers & patients release urgent demands to address health care staffing emergency, call on Ford to take real action immediately
January 13, 2022 16:28 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- What: Leaders of patient and resident advocacy groups, unions, and the Ontario Health Coalition -- representing more than a million patients and staff --...
Ontario Health Coalition Demands Answers from Ford Government on Long-Term Care & Hospital Crisis
January 13, 2022 12:24 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Ontario Health Coalition issued a statement today demanding that the Ford government explain what it is going to do about the spiralling crisis in...
Ontario Health Coalition Statement – Ford government’s response on long-term care is a travesty: “New” LTC bill to be pushed through imminently
December 06, 2021 12:56 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Dec. 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The so-called “new” long-term care legislation introduced by the Ford government is scheduled for third and final reading in the legislature today and it...
Ford Government in Process of Awarding Thousands of Long-Term Care Beds to For-Profit Chains with Ghastly Records of Death and Suffering: New Coalition Report
November 29, 2021 16:15 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the past year, the Ford government has been quietly awarding tens of thousands of long-term care beds to for-profit operators, among them those with...
REPEAT – MEDIA ADVISORY - Ford Government is Planning to Give Tens of Thousands of New 30-year Long-Term Care Bed Licenses to For-Profits: New Report to be Released Across Ontario with Local & Provincial Information
November 29, 2021 07:00 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the past year, the Ford government has been moving forward with a plan to award tens of thousands of long-term care beds to for-profit operators,...
MEDIA ADVISORY - Ford Government is Planning to Give Tens of Thousands of New 30-year Long-Term Care Bed Licenses to For-Profits: New Report to be Released Across Ontario with Local & Provincial Information
November 26, 2021 12:13 ET
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Ontario Health Coalition
TORONTO, Nov. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Over the past year, the Ford government has been moving forward with a plan to award tens of thousands of long-term care beds to for-profit operators,...