SAVE OUR PUBLIC HOSPITALS!

Privatization is a policy choice that undermines public healthcare. The Ford government prioritizes privatization over public hospital funding, leading to a crisis in public health services. There are significant funding disparities between public hospitals and private for-profit clinics, resulting in service closures and increased costs for patients.

February 2, 2026

Waterloo Region Health Coalition, with information from the Ontario Health Coalition

• The Ford government is underfunding public hospitals while increasing funding for private clinics.

• Real dollar cuts imposed on public hospitals have led to deficits and service closures

• Public hospitals face a 0.5% funding increase, while private clinics see funding increases of over 300%.

• Private clinics take staff from public hospitals and focus on less complex, profitable cases, leaving more complex patients in public facilities with fewer resources.

Read the Ontario Health Coalition’s report, Robbing the public to build the private: The Ford government’s hospital privatization scheme

Email to stop health care privatization:

Doug Ford, Ontario Premier •Queen’s Park •Constituency Office

Sylvia Jones, Minister of Health •Queen’s Park •Constituency Office

Your local MPP •Search the Legislative Assembly on Ontario

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