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We’ve seen claims of ‘Common Sense’ before and it wasn’t pretty
Each time I hear Pierre Poilievre repeat his “common sense” slogan, my mind leaps back to the turmoil in Ontario during the Common Sense...

John Cartwright
May 11, 2024


Is Public Health Care Worth Fighting For?
Ontario Health Coalition hosts town hall to promote a resounding "Yes!" The group is urging citizens to stand up for public health care....

Mike McDonald
May 5, 2024


Stop the privatization of our public health care
Ontario funds its public hospitals at the lowest rate in Canada. Every service that has been cut from our public hospitals has been...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
May 4, 2024


Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes
Media Statement: Nurses and health-care professionals picket to protest profits in nursing homes For-profit Extendicare CEO keynote speaker at business breakfast Toronto, ON, April 30, 2024 – Earlier this morning, dozens of nurses and health-care professionals – members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) – picketed outside the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management to urge Extendicare CEO Dr. Michael Guerriere to put resident care over profits. Guerriere wa

Ontario Nurses' Association
May 1, 2024


Ontario edging toward American health care model — health coalition
Ontario Health Coalition plans a May 30 protest. 'We're very close. If people don't care about their health care it's going to happen and...

Stu Campaigne
Apr 30, 2024


Who is supposed to protect us from such scams?
Mike Suta’s wife was charged $3,000 for cataract surgery: “The optometrist told her there was a two-year wait to get the surgery....

Ontario Health Coalition
Apr 19, 2024


“I’ve been a family doctor for more than 20 years. Now, I have no choice but to close my practice
Rising costs, new administrative duties and subsequent burnout have made it impossible for physician Fan-Wah Mang to keep her Mississauga...

Anthony Milton
Apr 18, 2024


Care Not Profit
On April 12, ONA members and allies will join all-out information pickets in communities across the province. These pickets will show our...

Ontario Nurses' Association
Apr 9, 2024


Doug Ford, are you listening?
No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times UCP promises unmet, NDP health...

David Climenhaga
Apr 8, 2024


Credit Card or Health Card?
Posted April 6, 2024 Join the call to stop privatization NOW! All across the country, the majority of Canadians oppose the privatization...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 6, 2024


Extra billing sometimes a ‘misunderstanding,’ Ontario health minister says
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello Global News Posted March 28, 2024 6:00 am As Ontario continues to significantly expand the role of...

Isaac Callan
Apr 1, 2024


Names of Ontario health-care clinics found to have extra-billed being kept secret
March 22, 2024 The names of physicians and facilities found to have engaged in extra-billing for health services are being kept secret,...

Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Apr 1, 2024


Giant Protest & March: The fightback is on to save public health care
Posted: March 18, 2024 Thursday May 30 12 pm noon The Fightback is On Either we save our public medicare now, or we are going to lose it...

Ontario Health Coalition
Mar 20, 2024


Is it Fair to Charge Fees for Access to Primary Care?
NDP leader urges Ontario government to ban fees for access to primary care An Ottawa woman was charged $110 at an Appletree clinic to see...

Elizabeth Payne
Mar 19, 2024


Can more for-profit health care be stopped?
Health care delivery is changing throughout the country March 13, 2023 The new health accord between Ottawa and the provinces provides...

Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Mar 13, 2024


Fake nurse working in Hamilton area long term care facilities arrested : police
Published March 8, 2024 A 29-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after allegedly posing as a qualified nurse to obtain...

Brooklyn Connolly
Mar 11, 2024


Frustrated parents raise home care concerns
Failure of the for-profit health-care system Tina Senior and Daniel Brousseau said the quality of care they are receiving for their...

Len Gillis
Mar 9, 2024


Pay-for-plasma clinic to open in Cambridge in 2025
A private clinic paying people to donate their blood plasma is expected to open in Cambridge late this year or in 2025. Wednesday, March...

Catherine Thompson
Mar 6, 2024


Are these private-pay health care clinics legal? The minister of health won't say
Some new clinics are taking advantage of the family doctor shortage to charge patients February 29, 2024 A new private medical clinic in...

Jessica Smith Cross
Feb 29, 2024


A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care
Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize...

Les Whittington
Feb 29, 2024
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