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Mar 14 • 22 tweets • 19 min read
LOCAL SUMMITS TO STOP PRIVATIZATION
▪️We will not let @fordnation expand private hospitals, privatize 18K #LTC beds or further privatize home care.
▪️We will stop the privatization of vaccines & #COVID19 testing
▪️We will not allow cuts to public services
It Stops Now!
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Be part of the IRON RING around our public health care.

Find locations, speakers, registration links & more details on how to get involved ⬇️
ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/even…
OTTAWA- Monday March 21 @ 7:00 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Ed Cashman, Ottawa Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@HurleyOCHUCUPE
@DickZoutman, retired hospital chief of staff
Hugh Armstrong, professor emeritus, Carleton University
@nilikm, @CdnDrs4Medicare
NORTH BAY- Tuesday March 22 @ 7:00 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Henri Giroux, North Bay Health Coalition
Ross Sutherland, OHC
@Leftwords, CUPE
@joel_lexchin, @CdnDrs4Medicare
Amanda Farrow, nurse
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
SUDBURY- Wednesday March 23 @ 7:00 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Melissa Wood, Sudbury Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Dr. Jasmine Gite, @CdnDrs4Medicare
@HurleyOCHUCUPE, OCHU/CUPE
@Kathaforunifor, Unifor
THUNDER BAY- Thursday March 24 @ 7:00pm
Register:us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Jules Tupker, Thunder Bay Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Dr. Bernard Ho, @CdnDrs4Medicare
Maureen O’Halloran, COPE
@2022SaraLabelle, OPSEU
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
DURHAM- Tuesday March 29 @ 7:00 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: @pam19661 & Lance Livingstone, Durham Health Coalition
@LindaMcQuaig, journalist & best-selling author
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@HurleyOCHUCUPE, OCHU/CUPE
@4djsanderson, Ontario Nurses’ Association.
WINDSOR- Wednesday March 30 @ 7:00 pm
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Tracey Ramsey, Windsor Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Maureen O’Halloran, COPE
@4djsanderson, Ontario Nurses’ Association
@Kathaforunifor, Unifor
@DrNancyOlivieri, haematologist & researcher
KAWARTHA LAKES & PETERBOROUGH- Thursday March 31 @ 7:00 pm
Register:utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Roy Brady, Zac Miller & Bonnie Roe Kawartha Area Health Coalitions
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Dr. Jasmine Gite, @CdnDrs4Medicare
@HurleyOCHUCUPE, OCHU/CUPE
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
NORTHUMBERLAND & QUINTE- Thursday March 31@ 7:00 pm
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Linda Mackenzie-Nicholas & Marg Bourgoin, Northumberland Health Coalition & Quinte Area
Ross Sutherland, OHC
@2022SaraLabelle, OPSEU
@4djsanderson, Ontario Nurses’ Association.
OXFORD- Saturday April 2 @ 10:30 am
Register:us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Bryan Smith, Oxford Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@LindaMcQuaig, journalist & best-selling author
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
GUELPH DISTRICT- Sunday April 3 @ 1:00 pm
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Brit Hancock & Barb Hogg, Guelph District Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@HurleyOCHUCUPE, OCHU/CUPE
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
NIAGARA-Monday April 4 @ 7 pm
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Natalie Mehra, OHC
@4djsanderson, Ontario Nurses Association
Sandra Ashcroft, RN, UFCW
Dr. Yipeng Ge, @CdnDrs4Medicare
WATERLOO- Tuesday April 5 @ 7:00 pm
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Jim Stewart, Waterloo Region Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@4djsanderson, Ontario Nurses’ Association
Roch Longueepee, patient advocate
@NutellaFanatik, journalist & investigative researcher.
LONDON- Wednesday April 6 @ 7:00 pm
Register in advance: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Peter Bergmanis, London Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Maureen O’Halloran, COPE
@DrNancyOlivieri, prominent haematologist & researcher
@placentadoc, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, LHSC.
CHATHAM, WALPOLE & SARNIA- Thursday April 7 @ 7:00 pm
Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Shirley Roebuck, June Weiss, Judy Wolanski, Local Health Coalitions
Natalie Mehra, OHC
Linda McQuaig, journalist & best-selling author
Maureen O’Halloran, COPE
@4djsanderson, ONA
HAMILTON- Sat. Apr 9 @ 10:30 am
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Janina Lebon & Rolf Gerstenberger, Hamilton Health Coalition
Natalie Mehra OHC
@LindaMcQuaig journalist & best-selling author
@HurleyOCHUCUPE
@4angiepreocanin ONA
@DrNancyOlivieri haematologist & researcher
CORNWALL- Saturday April 9 @ 2:30 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Elaine MacDonald & Louise Lanctot Cornwall Health Coal'n
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@LindaMcQuaig, journalist & author
@HurleyOCHUCUPE
Dr. Bernard Ho, @CdnDrs4Medicare
Bernadette Clement, CDN Senator
KINGSTON- Monday April 11 @ 7:00 pm
Register:docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Featuring: Joan Jardin, Kingston Health Coal'n
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@HurleyOCHUCUPE, OCHU/CUPE
David McDonald, professor, Queen’s University
@DickZoutman, former chief of staff at two major Ontario hospitals
SAULT-STE-MARIE/ALGOMA- Tuesday April 12 @ 7:00 pm
Register:us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Marie Della Vedova & Albert Dupuis, Algoma Region Health Coal'n
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@2022SaraLabelle, OPSEU
Randy Robinson, @ccpa
SCARBOROUGH, TORONTO & YORK- Wed. April 13 @ 7:00 pm
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Mary Jo Nabuurs & Carolyn Egan, Toronto & York Health Coal'ns
Natalie Mehra, OHC
@DickZoutman, former hospital chief of staff
@maej43, #LTC advocate
Dr. Yipeng Ge, @CdnDrs4Medicare
HALTON- Tues. April 19 @ 7:00 pm
Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
Featuring: Mervyn Russel, Oakville Health Coalition
Sandra Caleta, Advocates for LTC Reform
Dr. Gordon Guyatt, McMaster University
Sandra Ashcroft, UFCW
@DrNancyOlivieri haematologist & researcher

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Mar 21
IT STARTS NOW: Join the Fightback to Stop
@fordnation
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Join emergency summits to launch the fightback to stop health care privatization starting TONIGHT!

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OTTAWA- Monday March 21 @ 7:00 pm
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NORTH BAY- Tuesday March 22 @ 7:00 pm
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Feb 15
URGENT Emergency Summit TONIGHT
7 pm by Zoom
On Feb. 1 @fordnation Health Minister @celliottability announced plans to allow private clinics (Independent Health Facilities) operate for-profit hospitals in Ontario. #onpoli #cdnpoli 1/6
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Ford Gov'ts New LTC Act
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Oct. 28, 2021 at 3 p.m.

@fordnation & @rodphillips01 have gone to extreme lengths to brand this as a new LTC Act. It is not a new Act at all! But there are some changes.
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There is confusion about what @fordnation's #LTC minister @RodPhillips01 announced re. inspections.

To be clear what he announced was "new" "proactive" inspections. He did not commit to reinstating the in-depth annual inspections of all LTC homes (called RQI inspections) 1/3
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We're trying to learn which #LTC homes in Ontario do not have air-conditioning/only have partial air-conditioning (common areas).

Pls help. If we ask @fordnation, if we get a response at all, it will take months.

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c) All is good – we have full air conditioning.
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Que. 2) Have things improved regarding air conditioning since last summer or is the situation in your loved one's LTC home the same?

Pls email the Ontario Health Coalition ohc@sympatico.ca with the answers, name & town of the home by end of June 23. >>
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