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Webinar: Stopping runaway privatization of health care in Canada - organized by Canadian Health Coalition
by Tracy Glynn, National Director of Operations and Projects for the Canadian Health Coalition  In Ontario, the Ford government has...

Tracy Glynn
5 days ago1 min read
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Ontario invests in 57 New Surgical and Diagnostic Centres centres
July 2, 2025 Bottom line: No centre can refuse an insured service to a patient who chooses not to purchase uninsured upgrades and no...

Editor Canadian Healthcare Technology
Jul 62 min read
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Ontario pledges $235M for primary care, and $14B for a hospital
Ontario’s family doctor crisis has left 2.5 million people without a provider. But most of this week’s health spending won’t fix that....

Canada Healthwatch
Jun 271 min read
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Union concerned about Ontario health care
A union says the plan by the Ford government to continue expanding hospital services to include more for-profit clinics will lead to a...

CTV News
Jun 191 min read
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Local health care advocate 'shocked' by $225 bill at private clinic
Thunder Bay Health Coalition president Jules Tupker says he's one among hundreds of people across Ontario who have made complaints about...

Alicia Anderson
Jun 192 min read
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Need a family doctor? Six tips from physicians for finding one in Ontario
Amid an worsening shortage of family physicians in the province, here are ways you can still find a family doctor. Kevin Jiang, staff...

Kevin Jiang
Jun 181 min read
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Enforce the Canada Health Act – stop user charges for patients!
Petition to the House of Commons, Prime Minister & Minister of Health We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Canada, draw the...

Ontario Health Coalition
Jun 181 min read
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Most Ontarians support single-payer health care: poll
Marc Benoit Published Jun 12, 2025 Canadian Union of Public Employees researcher Doug Allen explained how most Ontarians strongly support...

Marc Benoit
Jun 141 min read
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As Ontario pumps millions into private health care, public health will continue to suffer
June 5, 2025 “Governments get ensnared into a vicious cycle of their own making: The longer waits grow, the more pressure builds for them...

Iris Gorfinkel
Jun 102 min read
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‘There is something wrong’: Patients say they are paying out of pocket for cataract surgeries at private clinics
In Ontario, patients getting cataract surgery at private clinics pay up to thousands of dollars for operations advocates say should be...

Nathan Bawaan
Jun 82 min read
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Band-Aid Budget: More cuts, less relief, and a missed opportunity to strengthen Ontario
May 15, 2025 QUEEN’S PARK - Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition NDP and Shadow Minister for Finance Jessica Bell (University...

Marit Stiles
May 191 min read
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Hollowed out: Ontario public hospitals and the rise of private staffing agencies
May 12, 2025 | Written by:‎ Andrew Longhurst Summary Ontario public hospitals are under intense pressure. Provincial funding and policy...

Andrew Longhurst
May 132 min read
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Ontario Health Coalition Day of Action at the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday, May 14
Save Our Local Hospitals, Stop the Cuts & Closures! The goal is to pour on as much pressure as we can inside the Legislature to get the...

Natalie Mehra
May 53 min read
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LifeLabs strike highlights risks of foreign ownership in Canadian health care
Foreign ownership could amplify existing issues with privatization By Maddi Dellplain, April 30 2025 The months-long strike at British...

Maddi Dellplain
May 11 min read
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Fourteen-hour wait at Vaughan hospital highlights staffing crisis in Ontario
By Brandon Choghri Posted April 7, 2025 10:30 pm. Â Healthcare workers say GTA hospitals are understaffed and over capacity, leading to...

Brandon Choghri
Apr 92 min read
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Briefing of key issues in federal election
Thursday, April 10th, 7 p.m. via Zoom online presented by the Ontario Health Coalition Federal Election - Monday, April 28, 2025 We...

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 31 min read
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Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care
Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other...

Boris Kralj
Apr 22 min read
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The Unpleasant Truth About the Canadian Healthcare System
Why do we still contend with extra healthcare charges in Ontario? 2023-11-15 by Tod Maffin Video Transcript: I'm in bed right now...

Tod Maffin
Mar 311 min read
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Federal Election 2025: Vote Health Care
Canada’s public health care system is our most cherished achievement, but Medicare is under threat. by the Canadian Health Coalition...

Canadian Health Coalition
Mar 282 min read
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Private surgical contracts drive up costs and wait times as real public hospital funding declines
Mar 26, 2025  Parkland Institute Andrew Longhurst EDMONTON, AB – As allegations of political interference and price gouging in private...

Andrew Longhurst
Mar 282 min read
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