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CAMPAIGN: Make it visible! Join the lawn sign campaign to stop Ford’s health care privatization
Posted: June 19, 2024
(June 19, 2024)
As we head into the summer, we are building the fightback against health care privatization and putting out lawn signs across Ontario (see designs below). We have sent out 5,000 signs to local coalitions across the province and will order more if we are able to afford it. We are working to put up as many as possible to show visible opposition to the privatization of our public health care.
To be able to successfully mount enough public pressure to stop the dismantling, destruction and privatization of our public health care, Ontarians need to see there’s a fightback and have a meaningful way to join in. If everyone can help, we will do as much as we possibly can over the summer to build the fightback and make it impossible to ignore.
Support if you are able
If you would like to get a lawn sign, please contact your local health coalition (list is below) to get one.
If there is no local coalition near you and you are willing to keep a pile of lawn signs and help get them out in your area, please email us at info@ontariohc.ca. If we have a way to get the lawn signs to you, or if you are able to come pick them up or meet us, we will do so.
We are working hard to get as many lawn signs out as possible but it does cost a significant amount. Each English sign costs $6.50 and each Bilingual sign costs $7.10. For those that are able to, please consider making a $5 donation to help cover the costs of the lawn signs.
If you cannot donate, please don’t worry. It isn’t meant to be a barrier to putting up a sign. Some people donate $20 or more to cover several signs for people. Thank you!
Click here to donate
You can also send a donation via e-transfer to admin@ontariohc.ca.
All you need to do is navigate to your online bank account, find the Send via INTERAC e-Transfer option, add Ontario Health Coalition as a recipient, and use admin@ontariohc.ca as our contact information to send by email (if you send it to another email address, it will not be automatically deposited so please use the email address admin@ontariohc.ca to send e-transfers).
Auto-deposit is set up, so your donation will automatically go through without a security question. Please make sure you’ve inputted the correct donation amount and specified it’s for lawn signs before submitting your e-transfer donation. You’ll then get a confirmation email from your bank that we have received the funds.
List of Local Coalition Contacts
ONTARIO CENTRAL
Grey Bruce Region (Facebook, Twitter)
Norah Beatty, greybrucehc@gmail.com
Brenda Scott, 519-375-5812, greybruce
Northern Simcoe County (including Midland, Tiny Township)
Don Copping, 705-549-0366, copping@rogers.
Fran Moreau, 705-335-7611, rayandfranmoreau
Simcoe County (Facebook, Twitter, Ins
Anisa Carrascal, 647-835-7870, simcoecountyhc@
Anita Johnson-Ford, simcoecountyhc@gmail.
ONTARIO EAST & SOUTH EAST
Cornwall
Louise Lanctot, 613-932-1943, louiselanctot18@
Elaine MacDonald, 613-330-3117, elainemacdonald1
Haliburton Highlands Long-Term Care Coalition
Bonnie Roe, 705-457-6579, bonnieroe08@
Kingston (Facebook, Twitter, I
Ross Sutherland, 613-532-7846, 7846elbe@gmail.
Joan Jardin, 613-305-2716, kingstonhealthco
Peterborough
Marion Burton, 705-868-7352, marionburton@
Ottawa (Website, Facebook, Twi
Ottawa Health Coalition, ottawahealthco@
Renfrew County (Facebook)
Leona Haley, renfrewcountyohc@gmail.
TORONTO & GTA
Brampton Caledon (Facebook, Twitter, Ti
Janine Herrmann-McLeod, info@
Rajendra Sooknanan, info@
Durham (Facebook)
Lance Livingstone, 905-431-0823, koach_14@yahoo.
Pam Parks, president20226364@
Halton (Facebook, Website)
Trudi Ford & Helen Lee, ohchalton@gmail.com
Mississauga (Facebook, Twitter
Ken Cole, 416-524-8335, Mississaug
Toronto & York Region (Facebook, Twitter, TikTok)
Michelle Robidoux, greatertorontohc@
HAMILTON/NIAGARA
Hamilton (Facebook)
Rolf Gerstenberger, 905-515-1827, gbergerrolf@
Janina Lebon, 905-545-5514, janinalebon44@
Niagara (Facebook)
Sue Hotte, 905-932-1646, niagarahealthcoa
ONTARIO NORTH
Algoma (Facebook)
Al Dupuis, 613-808-7710, algomahc@gmail.
North Bay (Facebook)
Henri Giroux, 705-471-7746, hgiroux1@
Thunder Bay (Facebook)
Jules Tupker, 807-577-5946, jtupker@tbaytel.
ONTARIO SOUTH WEST & CENTRAL WEST
Chatham-Kent (Facebook)
Judy Wolanski, judy.wolanski@
London (Facebook)
Jeff Hanks, 519-476-6623, jeffryhanks@
Peter Bergmanis, 519-860-4403, pbergmanis@
Oxford County
Bryan J. Smith, 226-228-8309, bryasmit@oxford.
Port Dover & Tri-County (Norfolk, Halidmand, Brant)
Ron Keating, lorettaaron@aol.com
Sarnia Lambton (Facebook, Twitter)
June Weiss, junebug111@hotmail.com
Waterloo Region (Website, Facebook)
Jim Stewart, 519-588-5841, waterlooregionhe
Windsor-Essex (Windsor Facebook, Essex Facebook)
Patrick Hannon, 519-796-0410, patrickjhannonm@
If there is no local coalition in your area and are willing to host lawn signs, please contact us at info@ontariohc.ca and use the subject line “Lawn Sign Hosting.” We will set that up with you if we are able to.
Share your lawn sign photos
For those that have put up lawn signs or have seen lawn signs in your community, please send in photos to share with us! If you have pictures of yourself, your friends, family, or neighbours with lawn signs, that would be even better! Please email them in to us at info@ontariohc.ca and use the subject line “Lawn Sign Photos” so we can spread the word and show all the lawn signs going up across the province.
