Key Issues Index

UPDATE: Urgent Alert: Drug Bill (Bill 102) Update and Model Response

(May 28, 2006) Click here for Update

FACT SHEET: More Than 80,000 Ontarians Vote to Stop P3 Hospitals

(May 15, 2006) Over 96% vote for 100% public hospitals in Sarnia and the Sault this weekend.

RELEASE: 300 Nurses Ask McGuinty to Stop P3 Hospitals: Joint Letter

(May 9, 2006) More than 300 nurses across Ontario have written a joint letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty asking him to stop the privatization of Ontario hospitals.

BRIEF: Urgent Issue Brief: Reaction to Government Health Funding Announcement Today

(April 28, 2006) The McGuinty government announced $222.5 million targeted to its five wait times priority areas today.

Urgent P3 Hospital Update

(April 10, 2006) Ontario Health Coalition 15 Gervais Drive, Suite 305, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Y8 Phone (416) 441-2502 Fax (416) 441-4073 email ohc@sympatico.ca Save Public Medicare! Urgent P3 Hospital Update Contents • Upcoming Plebiscites & Pictures from the Current Campaigns • Plebiscite Results in Hamilton & Cross-Ontario Totals • Updates on P3 projects in Sarnia, […]

Urgent P3 Hospital Update

(April 1, 2006) Contents Upcoming Plebiscites & Pictures from the Current Campaigns Plebiscite Results in Hamilton & Cross-Ontario Totals Updates on P3 projects in Sarnia, Quinte, Trillium, London St. Jo’s and Sudbury, Woodstock, North Bay and Sault Ste. MarieWhat is Being Accomplished? The Good News and The Bad News The Ontario Federation of Labour rally […]

REPORT: Research Output of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Industry: Where Has All the R&D Gone?

(April 1, 2006) By N. Kalant, MD, PhD, HEALTHCARE POLICY Vol. 1 No. 4, 2006 [19] DISCUSSION AND DEBATE Click here for Full Report

RELEASE: 97.7% of 28,658 People Vote to Keep Hamilton’s Hospitals 100% Public

(March 27, 2006) Hamilton voters cast close to 28,000 votes on Saturday in favour of keeping their hospitals 100% publicly funded, financed, owned, administered, and operated. More than 30,000 votes have already been cast in citizen-initiated plebiscites in St. Catharines, Woodstock and North Bay.

RELEASE: Ontario Doctors Send Open Letter to Premier McGuinty to Stop the P3 Privatization of Ontario’s Hospitals

(March 20, 2006) 73 Ontario doctors have signed onto a letter asking Premier Dalton McGuinty to stop privatization of Ontario’s hospitals through so called Public Private Partnerships, or P3s.

FACT SHEET: Liberals Shut Down Debate on Bill 36: What’s Next?

(March 1, 2006) Liberals Shut Down Debate on Bill 36.

Save Public Medicare! Information

(February 28, 2006) The Ontario Health Coalition and local health coalitions across the province are organizing steamroller/bulldozer events for March 2 and March 3 to protest the undemocratic nature of the Liberal government’s intention to push through LHINs legislation that the Minister, cabinet and their appointees in LHINs major new powers to order health restructuring […]

RELEASE: LHINs Health Restructuring Bill Must Be Delayed

(February 26, 2006) Media Release & notes on amendments to LHINs legislation.

LHINs health restructuring bill must be delayed: Ontario Health Coalition

(February 21, 2006) Toronto – The Ontario Health Coalition called for the delay of the controversial Bill 36 – the LHINs (Local Health Integration Networks) legislation. The government appears to be pushing the Bill through very quickly despite deep controversy about many of its provisions. It is anticipated that the government will attempt to introduce […]

Urgent Town Halls on the LHINs and Health Restructuring

(February 10, 2006) The Ontario Health Coalition and local health coalitions are holding cross-province public meetings. All providers, health professionals, healthcare workers, patients, caregivers and community members are welcome to share information on the analysis of the LHINs legislation, the upcoming strategic plan for the health system and restructuring implications, and ways in which community […]

FACT SHEET: Hospital Cuts and Restructuring: A Closer Look

(January 31, 2006) FACT SHEET

CHART: OHC Hospital P3 Tracker

(January 31, 2006) McGuinty plans private hospitals across Ontario.

RELEASE: Legal Opinion on the Copeman Clinic

(January 30, 2006) Update: The Ontario Health Coalition released this legal opinion in a media conference. It was carried in a story on the front page of the Toronto Star, among other media. The Minister of Health, George Smitherman, took action against the unlawful practices described in our legal opinion. Ultimately the Copeman Clinics did […]

OPEN LETTER: Letter to Minister Smitherman regarding Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell legal opinion on Copeman Clinic

(January 27, 2006) Click here for Letter to Minister

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Public Private Partnerships: Innovation or Profiteering

(January 20, 2006)

LEGAL OPINION: Legal Opinion on Proposed Copeman Clinic

(January 19, 2006) The OHC obtained a legal opinion from Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell LLB regarding the Copeman Clinic which found the proposed Ontario clinic to be in contravention of the law. Click here for Memorandum

ANALYSIS: Updated OHC Analysis of LHINs Legislation

(January 12, 2006) Updated OHC Analysis of LHINs Legislation

REPORT: Bill 36 LHINs Legislation Analysis

(January 3, 2006) Bill 36 LHINs Legislation Analysis

BACKGROUNDER: Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)

(January 2006) A Command-and-Control Structure In the fall of 2004, the provincial government announced the creation of local health authorities, to be called LHINs. They created 14 huge geographic areas, each containing at least one high volume hospital. The legislation for the LHINs is scheduled to be passed in the spring of 2006. It centralizes […]

FACT SHEET: Say NO to privatized hospitals: McGuinty plans private hospitals across Ontario

(January 1, 2006)

Toronto Star Editorial: Public health care cheapest and best

(December 22, 2005) While debate rages in Canada over private versus public approaches to health care, elsewhere the evidence is pouring in that public is best. In Britain, a major audit on the financial difficulties at London’s public Queen Elizabeth Hospital shows that so-called P3s, or public-private partnerships, may promise savings but in fact carry […]

Toronto Star Editorial: Public health care cheapest and best

(December 22, 2005) Ontario Health Coalition 15 Gervais Drive, Suite 305, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Y8 Phone (416) 441-2502 Fax (416) 441-4073 email ohc@sympatico.ca reprinted from <http://www.thestar.com/> Toronto Star Editorial: Public health care cheapest and best Dec. 22, 2005. 01:00 AM While debate rages in Canada over private versus public approaches to health care, elsewhere the […]

REPORT: “If we had to walk in each other’s shoes” Thunder Bay

(December 19, 2005) Thunder Bay Final Report:

REPORT: “If we had to walk in each other’s shoes” North Bay

(December 13, 2005) Media Release

RELEASE: North Bay: Politicians, Media invited to “Walk a Mile in My Shoes”

(December 13, 2005) Politicians, media invited to “Walk a Mile in My Shoes”

RELEASE: 97% of 7,396 People Vote to Keep Woodstock’s Hospital 100% Public

(November 27, 2005) The Woodstock plebiscite is the third of a series of cross-province plebiscites organized by the Ontario Health Coalition and local health coalitions to stop the P3 privatization of our hospitals.

RELEASE: 97% of 8,824 People Vote to Keep North Bay’s Hospital 100% Public

(November 21, 2005) We estimate that between 1 in 3 or 1 in 4 adults voted. This is a tremendous turnout for a citizen-called plebiscite and shows keen community interest in this issue. Monique Smith, Liberal MPP won her seat in the intire riding of NIpissing (an area considerable larger that that covered by the […]

P3s -SIGN CAMPAIGN RESOURCE PAGE for local STOP THE P3 HOSPITAL campaigns

(October 12, 2005) Action Resources MS Powerpoint Show Presentation prepared by Marilyn Birmingham of Kingston Health Coalition (PPT version) MS Word Outline Option This is a text outline version of the slide presentation. For those who are unable to open the Powerpoint version. Prepared by Marilyn Birmingham of Kingston Health Coalition (WORD outline) Sign Request […]

REPORT: “Truth Serum”

(August 26, 2005) $3.3 billion in hospital projects privatized by the McGuinty government.

RELEASE: 98% Vote to Keep Hospital Public in First Plebiscite to Stop P3 Hospitals

(June 27, 2005) More than 12,400 vote in St. Catharines.

UPDATE: The Supreme Court Ruling on Private Health Care

(June 15, 2005) Chaoulli vs. Attorney General of Quebec: What the Supreme Court Really Said By Steven Shrybman, Sack, Goldblatt, Mitchell and Two-Tier Health Systems: A Quick Glance Around the World Click here for Urgent Update

Up to 23 New Hospitals to Be Privatized Under Government’s 5-Year Infrastructure Plan: Coalition Launches Major Plebiscite to Keep Hospitals Public

(May 25, 2005) Toronto/St. Catharines – Today the Ontario government released its 5-Year privatization plan for the province’s hospitals. The Plan was released on the heels of the launch of a major anti-P3 plebiscite in St. Catharines to keep the community’s new hospital public. The plebiscite is the first in a series planned for communities […]

Up to 23 New Hospitals to Be Privatized Under Government’s 5-Year Infrastructure Plan: Coalition Launches Major Plebiscite to Keep Hospitals Public

(May 25, 2005) Ontario Health Coalition 15 Gervais Drive, Suite 305, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Y8 tel: 416-441-2502 fax: 416-441-4073 email: ohc@sympatico.ca www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca May 25, 2005 For Immediate Release Attn: Assignment Editor Up to 23 New Hospitals to Be Privatized Under Government’s 5-Year Infrastructure Plan: Coalition Launches Major Plebiscite to Keep Hospitals Public Toronto/St. Catharines – […]

Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal

(May 11, 2005) Toronto – The Ontario government has announced its intention to bring in a 5 year infrastructure plan with today’s budget that includes their intention to privatize all new hospitals. On Monday, Infrastructure Minister David Caplan made clear the government’s plan to embrace private finance and lease-back deals (known as P3s or “public […]

Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal

(May 11, 2005) Ontario Health Coalition 15 Gervais Drive, Suite 305, Toronto, Ontario M3C 1Y8 Phone (416) 441-2502 Fax (416) 441-4073 email ohc@sympatico.ca May 11, 2005 For Immediate Release Attn: Assignment Editor Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal Toronto – The Ontario government has announced its intention to bring in […]

FACT SHEET: Privatized P3 Hospitals: Premier McGuinty is breaking his promise

(May 1, 2005)

REPORT: Flawed, Failed, Abandoned, 100 P3s Canadian and International Evidence

(April 7, 2005) Report finds many troubling aspects to P3s, including: Cost overruns & delays, secrecy, design and construction flaws, quality problems & service cuts, legal disputes, failed contracts & bankruptcies. Author: Ontario Health Coalition Click here for Full Report

Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians

(April 7, 2005) Toronto- As Ontario’s government is making plans to privatize hospitals, roads and schools under controversial long term deals with private finance and service corporations, a group of citizens’ organizations has issued a warning that the projects run the risk of being billion-dollar failures. Last July, Ontario’s Ministry of Infrastructure Renewal announced it […]

Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians

(April 7, 2005) For Immediate Release Attn: Assignment Editor, Queen’s Park Media Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization: 100 Failed, Flawed and Abandoned Projects Used to Warn Politicians Toronto- As Ontario’s government is making plans to privatize hospitals, roads and schools under controversial long term deals with private finance and service corporations, […]

REPORT: Market Competition in Ontario’s Homecare: Lessons and Consequences

(March 31, 2005)

RELEASE: MRI – CT In-Hospital Investment Applauded by Ontario Health Coalition

(February 4, 2005) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Hospital Announcement Largely to Cover Severence: Process Terrible for Patients

(January 17, 2005) Toronto – The Ontario Health Coalition reacted to the government’s hospital funding announcement by warning that almost half of the money announced is to be used for severance to cut hospital staff. The coalition expressed deep concern about the process that has culminated in today’s announcement. “It should be noted that […]

Information from LHIN’s Planners Meeting, January 12 and 13, Toronto

(January 12, 2005) E- Room– an e-room is being set up for the planners from each LHIN to share info and write the report templates on as well as post research materials. The Ministry is registering the users and will be supplying them with a personal password to access this service. The Ministry will be […]

LHIN Planners Meetings

(January 2005) Information from LHIN’s Planners Meeting, Jan. 12 and 13, Toronto

Comments on the LHINs Consultation Session

(December 7, 2004) These are not minutes or a report on the detail and outcomes of the session. When the coordinating committee forwards the report I will send it along. There were a couple of other active members of the Kingston Health coalition there and they may also send along their thoughts on the meeting. […]

NOTES: Kingston LHINs Consultation Meeting

(December 7, 2004) Notes by a participant from the Kingston LHINs consultation meeting.

RELEASE: OHC Homecare Policy Statement

(December 1, 2004)

Waterloo Wellington LHIN Community Workshop

(November 19, 2004) Click here for the full report of the Waterloo Wellington LHIN Community Workshop (printable version).

REPORT: Kitchener – Waterloo LHINs Consultation Meeting

(November 19, 2004) Official report from the Kitchener-Waterloo LHINs consultation meeting.

NOTES: OHC Health Assembly LHINs Strategy Session

(November 14, 2004) Notes from the OHC Health Assembly LHINs strategy session.

REPORT: From Building Links for Better Mental Health

(November 3, 2004) North Bay Plan of Action

BACKGROUNDER: LHINs: Local Health Integration Networks

(November 2004) LHINs: Local Health Integration Networks

FACT SHEET: Homecare: A Closer Look

(November 2004)

NOTES: Hamilton LHINs Consultation Meeting

(November 2004) Notes by a participant from the Hamilton LHINs consultation meeting.

REPORT: Financing Canada’s Hospitals: Public Alternatives to P3s

(October 11, 2004) Economist Hugh Mackenzie shows that Brampton’s new hospital will cost $175 million more as a P3 than if it were built with public financing. Author: Hugh Mackenzie Click here for Summary Click here for Media Release Click here for Full Report

RELEASE: Homecare Review Opportunity to Scrap Privatization

(October 10, 2004)

BACKGROUNDER: First Ministers’ Agreement

(September 16, 2004) The OHC has prepared an outline of the First Ministers’ Deal on Healthcare. Click here for Backgrounder

UPDATE: First Ministers’ Meeting Negotiation Update

(September 14, 2004) The Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Federation of Labour have released an update this morning. Click here for Update

EVENTS: First Ministers’ under Public Scrutiny: Concerned Citizens Cross-Ontario Plan Health Care “Watch” Events

(September 14, 2004) The OHC is on the watch while the PM and provincial premiers meet to discuss health care from September 13-15. Click here for Events

NOTES: Health Minister George Smitherman’s Speaking Notes

(September 9, 2004) From a speech at St. Lawrence Market announcing the creation of Local Health Intergration Networks (LHINs).

Action Alert! First Ministers’ Meeting Negotiation – Federal Action Item

(September 2004) Contact Prime Minister Martin and Health Minister Donsanjh with an important message. Click here for Action Alert

Action Alert! First Ministers’ Meeting Negotiation – Ontario Action Item

(September 2004) Contact Premier McGuinty and remind him of what the public demands of him on health care. Click here for Action Alert

BRIEFING NOTE: Pharmacare in the Public Interest

(August 23, 2004) Click here for Briefing Note

RELEASE/FACT SHEET: Over $100 Million Wasted in Secretive P3 Hospital Deal

(August 6, 2004) This morning at Queen’s Park, the Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions released a cost analysis of the Brampton private (P3) hospital contract. The analysis was based on Schedule 28 of the project agreement, which the two groups fought to see. The lease agreement for this public money […]

RELEASE: MRI Buyback A Sound Investment – Health Coalition Slams Tory Hypocricy

(July 23, 2004) Click here for Media Release

FACT SHEET: A Closer Look – Nurses and P3s: North Durham Hospital Case Study

(June 11, 2004) How Public Private Partnership hospitals in Britain have had to cut nursing staff by 12%. FACT SHEET

RELEASE/BACKGROUNDER: “Payments for care at private for-profit and private not-for-profit hospitals: a systematic review and meta-analysis”

(June 6, 2004) A major study by Dr. P. J. Devereaux finds that health care costs more and delivers less at investor-owned private for-profit hospitals. Click here for Media Release and Backgrounder

RELEASE: Health Premiums Unprincipled & Unenforceable: Ontario Health Coalition

(May 18, 2004) “The re-introduction of health premiums would take us backward over a decade”, stated Natalie Mehra provincial coordinator.

FACT SHEET: Budget Analysis: Information on how the McGuinty government’s first budget impacts on health care

(May 18, 2004) Provincial budget shows some important rebuilding also some serious flaws: OHC

BRIEFING NOTE: Canadian Health Coalition: Medicare is sustainable, for-profit care is not

(May 14, 2004) Canadians are being told that Medicare is not sustainable and that spending must be shifted from public to private budgets and delivery. Click here for Briefing Note

BRIEFING NOTE: Canadian Health Coalition: Medicare is Sustainable, For-Profit Care is Not

(May 14, 2004) Click here for Briefing Note

RELEASE: “Strong First Step”

(May 14, 2004) The Ontario Health Coalition’s Reaction to Ontario’s Nursing Home Announcement.

RELEASE: Citing Unacceptable Care Standards Group Launches Nursing Homes & Homecare Campaign

(April 26, 2004)

RELEASE: Nursing Homes & Homecare Campaign

(April 26, 2004) Citing unacceptable care standards groups launch campaign.

BACKGROUNDER: Long Term Care Facilities

(April 2004) Background on nursing homes, municipal and charitable homes.

RELEASE/ANALYSIS: Newly Released Documents Confirm Massive Hospital Privatization

(March, 2004) In a Queen’s Park press conference, the Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions revealed that newly released documents show that Brampton’s planned hospital is definitely a privatized P3 hospital and that all financial records involving over $1 billion in public money are being withheld by the hospital and the […]

RELEASE: Health Ministry Sit-In to Stop Private Hospitals

(March, 2004) On Thursday March 4th, the Ontario Health Coalition staged a sit-in at the Ministry of Health to send a message to stop the first two private hospitals since the inception of Medicare. The Health Minister’s office agreed to more disclosure of documents pertaining to the deals, however did not agree to cancel the […]

RELEASE/BACKGROUNDER: Shoddy Corporate Records behind Bid-Winners of Private Hospital Projects Planned Across Country

(February 24, 2004) The Ontario Health Coalition issued a warning about the corporations who are winning bids to privatize hospital across the country. Spokespeople for the OHC revealed that governments in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec are actively planning over fifteen private hospitals. New Brunswick and Newfoundland have flirted with similar plans and may […]

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Pre-Budget Consultations

(February 15, 2004) Powerpoint presentation from the Thunder Bay Health Coalition.

PRESENTATION: Pre-Budget Consultations

(February 11, 2004) Economist Armine Yalnizyan’s presentation.

SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations

(February 11, 2004) The Toronto Health Coalition’s submission to the hearings.

SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations

(February 10, 2004) The OHC made a submission to the Ontario government’s pre-budget hearings

SUBMISSION: Pre-Budget Consultations

(February 4, 2004) The Northeastern Ontario Health Coalition’s submission to the committee.

RELEASE: Extraordinary Secrecy Obscures Billion-Dollar P3 Hospital Deals

(January 21, 2004) The massive private (P3) hospital deals scheduled to be signed by the provincial government any day now are purposefully obscured by an astonishing lack of accountability and transparency, the Ontario Health Coalition charged in a media conference this morning. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE/BRIEFING NOTE: The Fight is on to Protect Our Hospitals from For-Profit Takeover

(November 21, 2003) The Health Coalition vowed to step up our campaign to keep our hospitals public in response to the government’s announcements about the P3 hospitals in Brampton and Ottawa today. Click here for Media Release Click here for Briefing Note

SUBMISSION: OHC’s Submission to the SARS Commission

(November 18, 2003) Contains the OHC’s analysis of the Ontario SARS outbreak, the impact of cuts on the crisis and series of recommendations.

OPEN LETTER: Health Coalition Responds to Government

(November 11, 2003) In an Open Letter to Health Minister George Smitherman, the Ontario Health Coalition expresses concerns about comments by Premier McGuinty regarding the proposed Ottawa and Brampton P3 hospitals and the private MRI/CT clinics. Click here for Open Letter

OPEN LETTER: to Health Minister George Smitherman

(November 11, 2003) The OHC expresses concern at indicators that the McGuinty government may renege on commitments to cancel plans to build P3 hospitals and scrap privatized MRI/CT delivery. Click here for Open Letter

REPORT: Funding Hospital Infrastructure: Why P3s Don’t Work, and What Will

(November 1, 2003) A report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Authors: Lewis Auerbach, Arthur Donner, Douglas D. Peters, Monica Townson, and Armine Yalnizyan Click here for Full Report

REPORT: “Dip and Skip”

(November 2001) A supplement to the June 2001 Report on Homecare Reform in Ontario.

FACT SHEET: Key Concerns, Bill 130 and Liberal Promises

(November 1, 2003)

RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Vows to Continue Legal Action to Keep Hospitals Public

(October 1, 2003) The Ontario Health Coalition and partners will file further legal action today to stop the Ministry of Health from signing off on any private (P3) hospital deals before the election or before the new government takes power. We are also continuing with our original legal case to nullify the signing of any […]

RELEASE: Ontario Health Coalition Vows to Continue Legal Action to Keep Hospitals Public

(October 1, 2003) Toronto – The Ontario Health Coalition and partners will file further legal action today to stop the Ministry of Health from signing off on any private (P3) hospital deals before the election or before the new government takes power. We are also continuing with our original legal case to nullify the signing […]

RELEASE: $1.3 Billion in Private Hospital Deals Since Kick-off of Election Outrageous

(September 26, 2003) The Ontario Health Coalition responded today to the reported signing of the private (P3) hospital deal for the Royal Ottawa Hospital by the Eves government. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Clement Plays with the Facts – Misrepresents Brampton Hospital Privatization

(September 26, 2003) The Ontario Health Coalition is filing a formal complaint to the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party for misrepresenting what a P3 hospital development would mean to Tony Clement’s constituents. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Clement Plays with the Facts – Misrepresents Brampton Hospital Privatization

(September 26, 2003) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: $1.3 billion in private hospital deals since kick-off of election outrageous: Ontario Health Coalition

(September 26, 2003) Click here for Media Release

UPDATE: Tenacious Trojan Horse Crosses the Province

(September-October, 2003) The Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Electricity Coalition co-sponsor a cross-province tour by a giant Trojan Horse during the provincial election campaign to warn about the dangers of privatization. Click here for Tour Details

RELEASE: Coalition says private operator not appropriate for mental health and addictions facility on Queen

(September 9, 2003) Click here for Media Release

Tenacious Trojan Horse Crosses the Province

(September 1, 2003) The Ontario Health Coalition and the Ontario Electricity Coalition are co-sponsoring the Trojan Horse Tour which is crossing Ontario during the provincial election campaign, warning of the dangers of privatization. Click here for Tour Schedule

RELEASE: Profits poached from public health: Ontario government must cancel for-profit MRI and CT clinic, says Ontario Health Coalition

(August 6, 2003) Click here for Media Release

REPORT: “I Really Can’t Afford to Stay in Home Care”

(August 1, 2003) A follow-up study of Hamilton Home Support Workers laid off in 2002 by several McMaster University researchers.

BRIEFING NOTE: P3 Corporations, Lobbying Activities and Donations to PC Party Ontario

(July 11, 2003) An examination of the personal and financial connections between P3s and the Eves government. Click here for Briefing Note

BACKGROUNDER: “The Pulse”: The End of 100 Years of Non-Profit Home Nursing?

(June 1, 2003)

OHC Accountability Handbook

(May 2003) This resource provides answers to frequent questions regarding access to medicines, programmes and health services.

FACT SHEET: P3 Hospitals – Importing a British Failure

(May 11, 2003) Here is a closer look at Britain’s P3 hospitals that are the inspiration and model for Tony Clement’s announced Ontario P3 hospitals in Ottawa, Brampton and Markham-Stouffville. FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Myth Buster: P3 Hospitals – A Closer Look

(Spring 2003) Contrary to myth, P3s are more expensive, way more expensive, not a partnership, just privatization, inefficient and often a disaster where they’ve been tried. FACT SHEET

ANALYSIS: Private Finance Initiative

(2003 – present) Series of reports from Britain’s Guardian newspaper examining that country’s version of P3s. Click here for Articles

JOURNAL ARTICLE: Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative: Scotland’s case study

(April 26, 2003) British Medical Journal article on the impact of the Private Finance Initiative (the British version of P3s). Authors: M. Dunnigan and A. Pollack Click here for Article

Ontario’s Nursing Home Crisis

(April 26 – May 1, 2003) A 6-part series by Paul McKay of the Ottawa Citizen.

RELEASE: Reveal Secret Information on For-Profit Hospital: Health Coalition Challenges Eves/Clement

(April 22, 2003) The Ontario & Brampton Health Coalitions co-sponsored a press conference today to challenge Health Minister Tony Clement & Premier Ernie Eves to come clean about the corporations bidding to own the Conservatives’ planned for-profit hospital in Brampton. The coalition called for public consultation and debate about the planned P3. Click here for […]

OP/ED: First Hospitals…Next Schools: Why Education Workers Should Look More Closely at P3s

(April 22, 2003) Author: Natalie Mehra Click here for Op/Ed Article

BRIEFING NOTE: For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics

(April 22, 2003) Click here for Briefing Note

BRIEFING NOTE: For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics

(April 22, 2003) Click here for Briefing Note

RELEASE: For-Profit Hospitals and Clinics Threaten the Future of Medicare: Ontario Health Coalition Launches Fight-Back

(March 31, 2003) Ontario Health Coalition spokespeople released details of a province-wide pre-election campaign to save and strengthen Medicare. The coalition kicked off a mass pledge campaign to highlight key criteria to strengthen public Medicare and to stop for-profit healthcare. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: For-Profit Hospitals & Clinics threaten the Future of Medicare

(March 31, 2003) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: For-Profit Hospitals & Clinics threaten the future of Medicare: Ontario Health Coalition Launches Fight Back

(March 31, 2003) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Where’s It Going? Ontario Health Coalition Responds to Budget

(March 28, 2003) Click here for Media Release

FACT SHEET: Funny Numbers – Ontario Health Coalition Brief on Ministry of Health Publicity re. For-Profit MRI/CT Clinics

(March 1, 2003) FACT SHEET

RELEASE: Coalition casts doubt on Clement’s MRI numbers, calls them “Unbelievable”

(February 28, 2003) Click here for Media Release

ANALYSIS: OHC Analysis of the First Ministers’ Health Accord

(February 11, 2003) A reading of the new “Health Accord” reached last week at the First Ministers’ meetings leads to more questions than answers. However, some of the agreement is fairly clear. This is a preliminary analysis highlighting some key issues based on the Accord and on others’ analyses. Click here for Analysis

RELEASE: Eves Guilty of Hidden Money, Misspending

(February 4, 2003) In anticipation of the First Ministers’ meetings in Ottawa this week, the Ontario Health Coalition is releasing a briefing note on provincial transparency and accountability in health spending. The coalition takes issue with the Eves government’s attempts to win more health spending without accountability. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Eves guilty of hidden money, misspending: Ontario Health Coalition

RELEASE: Eves Guilty of Hidden Money, Misspending

(February 4, 2003) Click here for Media Release

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Health Restructuring and Women’s Access to Medicare

(February 1, 2003)

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Privatization of Medicare and Women

(February 1, 2003)

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Women as Workers in the Healthcare System

(February 1, 2003)

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Health Care Restructuring and Women’s Access to Medicare

(February 1, 2003) FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Privatization of Medicare and Women

(February 1, 2003) FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Women as Workers in the Health Care System

(Februrary 1, 2003) FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Health Care Restructuring and Women’s Access to Medicare

(February 2003) Over the last decade federal and provincial government funding cuts have radically changed the face of our public health care system.

Women and Medicare: Long-term Care and Women

(February 2003) Health restructuring has moved patients out of hospitals into homecare and long-term care.

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Privatization of Medicare and Women

(February 2003) Cost Shifting-the transfer of responsibility of service payment from the government to alternate sources such as
the individual, insurance companies, the sale or rental of good and services, etc.

FACT SHEET: Women and Medicare: Women as Workers in the Healthcare System

(February 2003) Women as workers in the heath care system are constantly facing job restructuring and cuts.

UPDATE: Pre-Election Liberal Criticisms of P3 Hospitals & Commitments to Publicly Financed and Owned Hospitals Compared to Post-Election Stances

(January 11, 2003) On January 11, 2003, the OHC held a media conference on the McGuinty government’s flip-flop on P3s. Materials prepared for the event included an “on the record” backgrounder featuring pre-election Liberal positions critical on P3s and a table comparing the post-election Liberal P3 plan with Tory P3 plan and the public model. […]

RELEASE: Citizens’ Groups Issue Collective Call: “Implement Romanow Now!”

(December 6, 2002) Click here for Media Release

ANALYSIS: Preliminary Analysis of the Romanow Report from the Canadian Health Coalition and the Canadian Labour Congress

(November 28, 2002) The Romanow Report on the Future of Health Care concluded that there is a consensus among Canadians that Medicare is a moral enterprise, not a commercial venture. Canadians believe that equal and timely access to medically necessary health services on the basis of need alone is a right of citizenship. Click here […]

ANALYSIS: Preliminary Analysis of the Romanow Report from the Canadian Health Coalition and the Canadian Labour Congress

(November 28, 2002) The Romanow Report on the Future of Health Care concluded that there is a consensus among Canadians that Medicare is a moral enterprise, not a commercial venture.

REPORT: Roy Romanow’s Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada has presented its report, “Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada”

(November 1, 2002) Click here for Final Report

RELEASE: For-Profit MRI & CT Scan Update: Clement says he’s looking at it, Eves says “policy is evolving”

Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: For-Profit MRI and CT clinics Slower, More Expensive, More Risky: Report

(September 19, 2002) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Banff Health Ministers’ Meeting: Minister Clement’s Semantics Disguise Fatal Poison Pill: Health Coalition Warns

(September 4, 2002) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Banff Health Ministers’ Meeting

(September 4, 2002) Click here for Media Release

BACKGROUNDER: “The Pulse” OHC Newsletter – Private MRI and CT Clinics

(September 3, 2002) Click here for Backgrounder

FACT SHEET: Public Private Partnerships of Profit Over patients? The Facts About For-Profit Hospitals

(September 2, 2002) FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Public Private Partnerships or Profit over Patients?

(September 2002) The truth about P3s. FACT SHEET

REPORT: Scanning For Profit: A Critical Review of the Evidence Regarding For-Profit MRI and CT Clinics

This is a report prepared for the Ontario Health Coalition by Ross Sutherland which demonstrates that for-profit MRI and CT Clinics are slower, more expensive and riskier. FULL REPORT (ONLINE) FULL REPORT (DOC)

BACKGROUNDER: “The Pulse” OHC Newsletter – Romanow Update and OHC Post-Romanow Assembly

(September 1, 2002) Click here for Backgrounder

REPORT: McMaster Study Shows Mortality Rates Higher in For-Profit Hospitals

(July 15, 2002) Full study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal: Click here for Full Report Short article on study by co-author Dr. Gordon Guyatt: Click here for Article

RELEASE: For-Profit MRIs and CT Scans Extremely Grave Threat: Ontario Health Coalition Warns of Public Response

(July 8, 2002) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Over One Hundred Thousand So Far Have Signed “Yes” for Public Medicare Petition

(May 30, 2002) Click here for Media Release

REPORT: Ownership Matters: Lessons from Ontario’s Long Term Care Facilities

(May 27, 2002) A report prepared for the Hospital Employees’ Union of British Columbia by the OHC which examines the effect of the Ontario Tory government’s privatization of Long Term Care on the quality of care and patients.

ARTICLE: Private Finance and “Value for Money” in NHS Hospitals: a policy in search of a rationale?

(May 18, 2002) British Medical Journal article on the impact of the Private Finance Initiative (the British version of P3s). Authors: A. Pollack, J. Shaoul and N. Vickers. Click here for Article

REPORT: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies Comparing Mortality Rates of Private For-Profit and Private Not-For-Profit Hospitals

(May 18, 2002) Published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, McMaster study shows mortality rates higher in for-profit hospitals. Authors: P.J. Devereaux, Peter T.L. Choi, Gordon H. Guyatt et. al. Click here for Full Report

REPORT: OHC Primary Care Reform Position Paper

(May 2002) For years, health care advocates and their organizations have pushed for true primary care reform that will deliver to Ontarians more access and better services.

RELEASE: Throne Speech – Tories still stuck in privatization rut

(May 10, 2002) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: What Doesn’t the CD Howe Institute Understand About Who Pays for Health Costs?

(May 1, 2002) Click here for Media Release

UPDATE: “The Pulse” – Eves Appoints Privatizer Lobbyist As Chief of Staff

(May 2002) Click here for Update

UPDATE: “The Pulse” – Extend Medicare, Not Extendicare – Big Business and the Kirby Commission

(May 2002) Click here for Update

FACT SHEET: Long Term Care? Community Care? Home Care? Why Should We Care?

(May 2002) A brief summary of the issues.

UPDATE: “The Pulse” – Canadians Speak Out to Save Public Medicare! Overwhelming Majority Support Public Medicare as Romanow Crosses the Country

(March 25, 2002) Click here for Update

RELEASE: Coalition Appeals to Romanow: Learn What Not to Do from Ontario

(February 6, 2002) Click here for Media Release

FACT SHEET: Medicare’s Critics: Back to the “Good Old Days”?

(January 2002) FACT SHEET

UPDATE: “The Pulse” – Cancer Treatment Privatized Without Considering Public Options: Auditor and Province Hands Off Millions in Public Assets to Developers

(January 2002) Click here for Update

UPDATE: “The Pulse” National Medicare Update – Summary on the Romanow Commission and an Update on the Kirby Committee Report and the Mazankowski Report

(January 2002) Click here for Update

FACT SHEET: Medicare’s Critics: Back to the “Good Old Days”?

(January 2002) Public Private Partnerships and other Myths. FACT SHEET

BACKGROUNDER: “The Pulse”: Conservatives Yank Community Control of Homecare

(January 2002)

RELEASE: End Botched Cancer Care Privatization Now!

(December 13, 2001) Click here for Media Release

REPORT: Social Cohesion and Privatization in Canadian Healthcare

(December 2001) A report by Prof. Hugh Armstrong of Carleton University’s School of Social Work originally published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society 16:2 (December 2001), pp. 65-81. Click here for Report Click here for printable version of report

SUBMISSION: The Canadian Women’s Health Network’s Submission to the Romanow Commission

(December 2001) Click here for Submission

RELEASE: End ‘Dip and Skip’ Homecare Reform: OHC Slams Healthcare Censorship Bill

(November 22, 2001)

REPORT: Secrets in the House

(November, 2001) Homecare Reform in Ontario, 1997 – 2000.

RELEASE: Senate Report Fatally Biased

(October 29, 2001) Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: OHC Holds Events Province-Wide to Demand Real Public Consultations on Healthcare

(October 24, 2001) Click here for Media Release

SUBMISSION: OHC Submission to the Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada

(October 1, 2001) Click here for Submission

UPDATE: “The Pulse” – The Romanow Commission

(Fall 2001) Click here for Update

RELEASE/BACKGROUNDER: Province’s Long Term Care PR Announcements Are an Insult to Seniors

(September 14, 2001) In response to a slew of media announcements this week from the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care the Ontario Health Coalition is issuing a policy backgrounder and release …

ARTICLE: Regulating Nursing Homes – Caring for Older People in the Private Sector in England

(September 8, 2001) By S. Kerrison and A. Pollock, British Medical Journal. Click here for Article

RELEASE: US and Canadian Activists Target Health Privateers

(August 9, 2001) Click here for Media Release

REPORT: Tipping The Balance: Healthcare Restructuring and Privatization in Ontario

(July 1, 2001) Report for the OHC by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

RELEASE: Government Guilty of Rank Hypocrisy Charges Health Watchdog: OHC Releases Report Assailing Tory Homecare Reform

(June 4, 2001)

RELEASE: Seniors are Suffering

(May 29, 2001) The Coalition releases new evidence from cross-province hearings.

RELEASE: Urgent Province-Wide Campaign Against Harris Private Hospital Plans Targets MPPs in their Home Constituencies

(May 22, 2001) Click here for Media Release

FACT SHEET: Privatization Fact Sheet: Why NOT Privatize

(May 2001) FACT SHEET

FACT SHEET: Health Care Spending: The Facts

(May 2001) FACT SHEET

UPDATE: Long Term Care

(May 2001) News from around the province.

REPORT: How Private Finance is Moving Primary Care into Corporate Ownership

(April 21, 2001) British Medical Journal article on the privatization of primary care in Britain. Authors: A. Pollock, S. Player and S. Godden. Click here for Full Report

How private finance is moving primary care into corporate ownership

(April 21, 2001) British Medical Journal article on the privatization of primary care in Britain.

Will primary care trusts lead to US-style health care?

(April 21, 2001) A study by Allyson M Pollock published in the British Medical Journal examines how the introduction of primary care trusts in the UK could lead to a US style health system.

RELEASE: More than $190,000 in political donations from another big winner in Harris health policy

(March 21, 2001) Tory donors Extendicare and CPL REIT benefit from privatization. Click here for Media Release

RELEASE: Coalition Urges Government to Stop the Cover-Up in Hospital Emergency Services

(March 19, 2001) The OHC responds to the re-announcement of reorganized ambulance to hospital communications systems by lambasting the Minister for engaging in a propaganda strategy instead of taking serious steps to deal with critical issues affecting the province’s emergency rooms.