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EVENT: Major Protest to Stop the Ford Government’s Privatization of Our Public Hospitals’ Core Services

Posted: September 21, 2023

(Updated: September 21, 2023)

MAJOR PROTEST 

OPENING DAY OF THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE

Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12 Noon

TORONTO at Queen’s Park outside the Main Legislative Building at 12 Noon

THUNDER BAY at Mini Queen’s Park at South James St. at 12 Noon

DRYDEN outside MPP Greg Rickford’s office, 439 Government St. at 11:30 a.m. CST (Dryden time)

ALGOMA outside the Sault Area Hospital at Lukenda Drive at 12 Noon

Please join the protest closest to you. 

FOR MEMBERS OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES:

The Ford government has set opening day on Yom Kippur. 

We will hold a second event on Tuesday September 26 at noon outside the Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto for people who cannot attend on the 25th and all those who want to come out in solidarity and unity.


Make a major show of strength to set the tone for the reopening of the Ontario Legislature. We are not going away.

We are unalterably opposed to the privatization of our public hospitals. We paid for them. We built them. They do not belong to the Ford government to run them into crisis, gut their core services and privatize them.

We demand that the Ford government:

  • Stop the privatization of our public hospitals
  • Stop creating a crisis in our public hospitals by underfunding them, cutting and closing services, and trying to roll back wages of nurses, health professionals & support staff,
  • Expand the use of existing ORs in our public hospitals, and
  • Expand capacity in our public hospitals & restore closed services.

Click here to SIGN UP to attend or

Scroll down to get on a bus to the Toronto protest on Monday September 25 at noon at the Ontario Legislature (Queen’s Park). 

September 25 Leaflet 
English leaflet 
French leaflet
September 26 Leaflet 
English leaflet
Poster with QR codes: 
Toronto: English French
Thunder Bay: English French
Dryden: English French
Algoma: English French
Poster without QR codes
Toronto: English French
Thunder Bay: English French
Dryden: English French
Algoma: English French

Get on a bus to attend! 
Please see our full list of buses to the Toronto protest on September 25 below. It is organized by region, then town (alphabetically) within that region. 
If your bus is missing on this list, or for corrections, please email us at ontariohealthcoalition@gmail.com
Central Ontario including Simcoe County, Dufferin County, Muskokas, Parry Sound
 
BARRIE 
BRACEBRIDGE
MIDLAND/PENETANGUISHENE
ORANGEVILLE
ORILLIA
PARRY SOUND
Toronto and the GTA
 
AJAX
BOWMANVILLE
BRAMPTON
HALTON
  • General community members- Contact Helen at 416-500-6128 or ohchalton@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.
MISSISSAUGA
OAKVILLE 
OSHAWA
PICKERING

TORONTO

  • Community members – There are buses being organized by a number of community groups from their community agencies to the rally. Mostly people will make their own way downtown to Queen’s Park.

WHITBY

Hamilton-Burlington-Niagara
 
BURLINGTON
FORT ERIE
  • General community members – Bus departs 8:30 am from Fort Erie Leisureplex, 3 Municipal Center Fort Erie. Contact Sue at 905-932-1646 or niagarahealthcoalition@yahoo.ca for a seat on the bus.
GRIMSBY
HALTON
  • General community members- Contact Helen at 416-500-6128 or ohchalton@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.
HAMILTON
NIAGARA FALLS
OAKVILLE 
ST CATHARINES
West and Southwestern Ontario (including Grey Bruce)

BRANTFORD

  • General community members – Pick up at Brantford District Labour Centre, 1100 Clarence St S.  Bus departs at 9:00 am. Contact Brit at 289-690-6758 or brittainy.hancock@gmail.com for a seat on the bus
  • CUPE Ontario members – Pick up at Home Depot, 25 Holiday Dr. Bus departs at 8:45 am. Contact https://cupe.on.ca/ontario-health-coalition-rally/ for a seat on the bus.
CHATHAM-KENT
CHESLEY
  • General community members- Pick up Chesley grocery store. Bus departs at 8 am. Contact Brenda at 519-375-5812 or greybrucecountyhc@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

DURHAM (Town of Durham in Grey County NOT region of Durham in GTA)

  • General community members – bus departs at 9:00 am from the Municipal Parking Lot behind Credit Union. Contact Brenda at 519-375-5812 or greybrucecountyhc@gmail.com for a seat on the buses.
GUELPH
  • General community members – Pick up at University of Guelph at University Centre. Bus departs at 9:30 am. Contact Owen at 519-222-2052 or guelphdistricthealthcoalition@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.
HANOVER
  • General community members – Depart at 8:40 am from the Canadian Tire.  Contact Brenda at 519-375-5812 or greybrucecountyhc@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.
INGERSOLL
  • General community members- A bus will be stopping in Ingersoll from London. Location and Time are TBA. Contact Bryan at 226-228-8309 or bryasmit@oxford.net for a seat on the bus.
  • CUPE Ontario members –  Pick up at Ingersoll Carpool Lot, Plank Line. Bus departs at 7:40 am. Contact https://cupe.on.ca/ontario-health-coalition-rally/ for a seat on the bus.

LONDON

MEAFORD

OWEN SOUND

  • Depart at 7:15 from Heritage Mall – South Parking Lot.  Contact Brenda at 519-375-5812 or greybrucecountyhc@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

PORT DOVER

  • General community members- Pick up at Powell Park, 250 Main Street. Bus departs at 8 am. Contact Gail at 519-428-6083 or ghealdtaylor@outlook.com for a seat on the bus.
SARNIA & LAMBTON
  • General community members. Pick up at Lambton Mall, 1380 London Rd. Bus departs at 7:30 am. Contact Judy at 519-436-1973 or judy.wolanski@googlemail.com for a seat on the bus.

ST THOMAS

  • General community members- Pick up at the Doug Tarry Complex at 275 Bill Martyn Pkwy. Bus departs at 8 am. Contact Peter at 519-860-4403 or pbergmanis@rogers.com for a seat on the bus.
WATERLOO

WINDSOR

WOODSTOCK

Central-East and Eastern, including Peterborough, the Kawarthas and Haliburton

BELLEVILLE
BROCKVILLE

CORNWALL

  • General community members- Pick up at Cornwall Walmart parking lot, 420 Ninth Street W. Bus departs at 6 am. Contact Louise at 613-330-3117 or louiselanctot18@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS

  • General community members-  Minden Community Centre, board at 7:30 am/departure 7:40 am (NEW TIME!), Fenelon Falls-8:20 am (140 Lindsay St., near Home Hardware) Contact Bonnie at 705-457-6579 or bonnieroe08@gmail.com for a seat on the bus.
LINDSAY/KAWARTHA LAKES

KINGSTON

OTTAWA

PETERBOROUGH

RENFREW COUNTY/ PEMBROKE

Northeastern- Huron Shores

NORTH BAY

PARRY SOUND
SUDBURY