ONTARIO BUDGETS EASY ACCESS LIST: Major Ontario Budget Reports, Analyses, Backgrounders, Fact Sheets, Briefing Notes & Media Releases

Posted: July 22, 2021

On this page you can find a roundup of Ontario Health Coalition Ontario Budget:

1. Reports & Analyses
2. Backgrounders, Facts Sheets & Briefing Notes
3. Media Releases

Reports/Analyses

• ANALYSIS: Key Message & Quick Analysis of Ford Government Economic Statement Just Released (March 25, 2020)
• RELEASE, ANALYSIS & BRIEFING NOTE: Health Care Omnibus Bill Sets Up Ontario for Health System Mega-Mergers & Privatization: Worse than the Leaked Draft, Health Coalition Warns (April 1, 2019)
• ADVISORY: OHC 2016 Pre-Budget Briefing (February 25, 2016)
• SUBMISSION: Local Coalition Submissions to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (February 1, 2016)
• SUBMISSION: to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs (February 18, 2015)
• SUBMISSION: OHC Provincial Budget Submission (July 17, 2014)
• RELEASE: Schedule 28 Update: Weak amendments to McGuinty omnibus budget bill facilitate sweeping privatization – Citizens’ groups call for privatization clause to be struck down (June 15, 2012)
• ANALYSIS: Drummond Report: Summary and Analysis (February 16, 2012)
• REPORT: Health Coalition Issues Pre-Drummond Report Warning of Major Health Cuts: First Do No Harm (February 10, 2012)
• REPORT: Health Spending and Revenues in Ontario: A closer look at financial trends and the recommendations of TD Economics (September 22, 2010)
• SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations (February 11, 2004)
• SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations (February 10, 2004)
• SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations (February 4, 2004)

Backgrounders/Fact Sheets/Briefing Notes

• ANALYSIS & FACT CHECKER: Quick Facts & Analysis + Fact Checker: Ford government’s health care funding (November 11, 2024)
• BRIEFING NOTE: Health care funding briefing note: putting the fall economic statement in context (November 2, 2023)
• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: A Critically Important Warning in New Financial Accountability Office Report: Ford Government’s Long-Term Care Plan is a House of Cards (May 27, 2021)
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care (March 24, 2021)
• RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Pre-budget brief: Ontario so far behind that emergency funding just brings us to where we should have been pre-COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
• RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Province Ignored Repeated Warnings and Evidence Leading to Yesterday’s Declaration of “State of Emergency” in Brampton Hospital, Similar Issues Apply Across Ontario (January 24, 2020)
• UPDATE: Mounting Health Care Cuts (November 20, 2019)
• UPDATE: Mounting Health Care Cuts (August 3, 2019)
• BRIEFING NOTE: Ontario Health Coalition Briefing Note on Ontario Cabinet Shuffle: Deep Concerns about Ideological Positions of New Minister of Long-Term Care & Associate Minister of Mental Health & Addictions (June 21, 2019)
• BRIEFING NOTE: List of local hospital and health services cuts/mergers/privatization (May 30, 2019)
• URGENT UPDATE: Undeniable signals Doug Ford intends major health care privatization (April 18, 2019)
• RELEASE, ANALYSIS & BRIEFING NOTE: Health Care Omnibus Bill Sets Up Ontario for Health System Mega-Mergers & Privatization: Worse than the Leaked Draft, Health Coalition Warns (April 1, 2019)
• VIDEO: Better health care through innovation “The Agenda, March 4, 2019” (March 8, 2019)
• BRIEFING NOTE: Pre-Budget Note (April 26, 2017)
• RELEASE & BACKGROUND: Ontario Government Responsible for Overwhelmed Hospital Emergency Departments: Critical Bed Shortages “Systemic and Pervasive” (January 10, 2017)
• MYTH BUSTER: Hospital Funding in Ontario Budget 2016 (March 24, 2016)
• ADVISORY: Ontario Budget Watch and Pre-Budget Briefing (April 22, 2015)
• POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Webinar on the Drummond Report (February 18, 2012)
• BRIEFING NOTE: Today’s Minister of Health Speech on Health Reform (January 30, 2012)
• BACKGROUNDER: The Drummond Commission: A Cover for Cuts and Privatization (January 23, 2012)
• POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Is Health Spending Out of Control? (June 24, 2009)
• RELEASE: 2008 Ontario Budget: OHC’s Pre-Budget Analysis & Hospital Deficit “Hot Spots” Map (March 20, 2008)
• FACT SHEET: Budget Analysis: Information on how the McGuinty government’s first budget impacts on health care (May 18, 2004)
• POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Pre-Budget Consultations (February 15, 2004)
• PRESENTATION: Pre-Budget Consultations (February 11, 2004)

Media Releases

• RELEASE & BRIEFING NOTE: A Critically Important Warning in New Financial Accountability Office Report: Ford Government’s Long-Term Care Plan is a House of Cards (May 27, 2021)
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Health Coalition is Watching for Sufficient Health Funding, Strings Attached in For-Profit LTC & A Stop to the Ford Government’s Privatization of Health Care (March 24, 2021)
• RELEASE & BACKGROUNDER: Pre-budget brief: Ontario so far behind that emergency funding just brings us to where we should have been pre-COVID-19 (March 25, 2020)
• RELEASE: New CBC Hospital Overcrowding Data Should Compel Much More Substantive & Urgent Response from Ford Government: Health Coalition (January 22, 2020)
• SUBMISSION: Ontario Health Coalition’s Pre-Budget Submission to the Ontario Legislative Assembly (January 17, 2020)
• RELEASE: Ford Government Cuts to Long-Term Care Funding Risk Already Over-Stressed Care Levels    (July 10, 2019)
• RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Statement on Today’s Mental Health Funding Announcement by Ford Government (May 6, 2019)
• RELEASE: More than 10,000 Protest to tell Ford Government to stop health privatization, cuts (May 1, 2019)
• UPDATE: 13++ Reasons to Come to the Giant Health Care Rally! (April 29, 2019)
• RELEASE: Unprecedented Health Action Day Calls on Doug Ford to Halt Health Privatization Plans (April 23, 2019)
• RELEASE: Budget Health Care Briefing: What is being Cut, Myth Buster, What is Coming (April 11, 2019)
• RELEASE, ANALYSIS & BRIEFING NOTE: Health Care Omnibus Bill Sets Up Ontario for Health System Mega-Mergers & Privatization: Worse than the Leaked Draft, Health Coalition Warns (April 1, 2019)
• VIDEO: Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott obfuscate questions on health privatization (March 27, 2019)
• RELEASE: Warning that Leaked Health Care Omnibus Bill Would Create Health Care Chaos: Longstanding Leaders of Organizations Representing Patients, Care Workers, Doctors (February 11, 2019)
• RELEASE: Doug Ford’s planned cuts to provincial revenues on top of paying down deficit irresponsible and damaging: Health Coalition, September 21, 2018 (September 21, 2018)
• RELEASE: Ontario Election 2018 Health Care Resources (June 4, 2018)
• RELEASE: $22 billion in cuts to funding for public services planned by Mr. Ford, worse than Harris, we are “extremely worried” (June 3, 2018)
• RELEASE: Provincial Election Discussion Should be About Rebuilding Public Hospitals & Long-Term Care Not “Efficiencies” or “Lean” or Code Words for Cuts: Health Coalition Calls for Concrete Commitments to Redress the Crisis in Access to Care (May 16, 2018)
• RELEASE: Deeply concerned about Doug Ford’s planned revenue cuts, comparison of parties’ commitments on key health care issues (April 13, 2018)
• VIDEO: Impassioned debate in legislature on hospital cuts featuring quotes from OHC (November 2, 2017)
• RELEASE: Thousands of Patients Lining Hospital Hallways in Brampton “Code Gridlock” Just the Tip of the Iceberg (October 31, 2017)
• RELEASE: Hamilton’s Hospitals Have Passed the Tipping Point: Urgent campaign launched to stop $27-million in cuts (August 8, 2017)
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget Health Care Investments Do Not Meet Expectations: Hospital Funding Inadequate to Stop Cuts & Meet Community’s Needs (April 27, 2017)
• MEDIA CONFERENCE: Canada’s Health Coalitions Call for a United Health Accord Federal Government Must Return to the Negotiation Table (February 9, 2017)
• RELEASE: Coalition Applauds Wynne Government for Reversing Course on Seniors’ Drug Fee Increase (April 8, 2016)
• RELEASE: 2016 Ontario Budget — Minimal Funding Increases for Hospitals: Not Far Enough (February 25, 2016)
• RELEASE: Patients, Concerned Citizens and Workers Rally Outside Pre-Budget Hearings to Stop Devastating Hospital Cuts, Privatization (February 1, 2016)
• UPDATE: Pre-budget hearing rallies! (February 1, 2016)
• EVENTS: Members of Provincial Parliament Traveling Across Ontario for Pre-Budget Hearings (January 11, 2016)
• EVENT: Members of Provincial Parliament Traveling Across Ontario for Pre-Budget Hearings (January 6, 2015)
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget: Austerity Continues For Community Hospitals Plus Some Good News on Minimum Wage, Pensions (July 17, 2014)
• RELEASE: Bad News Budget Will Result in Health Care Cuts and Privatization (May 2, 2013)
• RELEASE: Withdraw Schedule 28 from the Ontario Omnibus Budget Bill entirely, says community and health advocates (June 11, 2012)
• RELEASE: Ontario-Wide Tour to Visit 15 Communities Warning of Ontario Budget Cutbacks to Health Care (May 7, 2012)
• RELEASE: Budget: OHC Releases Four Demands to Protect Public Interest – Warns Ontario Budget Puts Health Care in Peril (April 2, 2012)
• RELEASE: Ontario Budget Leaves More than 30,000 Ontarians Waiting for Health Care (March 27, 2012)
• RELEASE: The Drummond Commission & Public Service Cuts: Public Interest Groups Deeply Concerned About Undemocratic Process (January 27, 2012)
• RELEASE: McGuinty Warned to Stop Health Care Privatization: OHC Responds to Drummond Commission (December 7, 2011)
• OPEN LETTER: Public Service Reform: Open Letter to Dalton McGuinty (May 31, 2011)
• RELEASE: McGuinty Government Fails to Take Hospital Secrecy Off the Table – Amendment to Budget Bill Gives Hospitals Wide Berth to Hide Information (April 29, 2011)
• RELEASE: OHC Response to Provincial Budget: McGuinty Must Stop “Over the Top” Crisis Rhetoric Used to Justify Hospital Cuts (March 25, 2010)
• RELEASE: Budget Will Not Help Save Hospitals from Closures, Cuts (March 26, 2009)
• RELEASE: 2008 Ontario Budget: OHC’s Pre-Budget Analysis & Hospital Deficit “Hot Spots” Map (March 20, 2008)
• Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal (May 11, 2005)
• RELEASE: Health Premiums Unprincipled & Unenforceable: Ontario Health Coalition (May 18, 2004)