UPDATE, HIGH-LEVEL BRIEFING & STRATEGY MEETING
Next phase of the fightback to stop Ford’s health care privatization
Wednesday, September 11th, 7 p.m. via Zoom online
We welcome all of our members and supporters, leaders and members of partner organizations, and anyone who supports the fightback to stop the privatization of Ontario’s public health care system.
Please register to join the online Zoom meeting by clicking on the link below. After registering, Zoom will email you the meeting link that you can click on to join the online meeting on Wednesday, September 11th at 7 p.m.
After more than 10,000 people across the province protested against Ford’s health care privatization in May, we kicked off the lawn sign campaign by sending out 6,000 signs to local coalitions to continue making the opposition to privatization impossible to ignore (find out how to get a sign below).
Now, we are moving into the next phase of the fightback to save our public hospital services as the Ford government plans to award new licenses to private MRI and CT clinics. Polling shows that Ontarians strongly support public health care, oppose privatization and the majority believe the Ford government is running the public system into failure in order to push privatization. They certainly could hardly do more damage if they tried.
We can win this fightback. Indeed we must. The future of our public health care hangs in the balance.
JOIN THE UPDATE, HIGH-LEVEL BRIEFING & STRATEGY MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 11TH AT 7 PM. REGISTER AT: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArfu2pqj4oEtCMZv9_Z3EIyFDd5QZ5ZH7d
Other ways to help:
Make It Visible
Join the lawn sign campaign to show Ontarians there’s a fightback they can join
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!
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 and Lawn Sign Hosts
TORONTO & GTA
Brampton Caledon (Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram, Whatsapp, Website)
Janine Herrmann-McLeod, info@BramptonCaledonHC.ca
Rajendra Sooknanan, info@BramptonCaledonHC.ca
Durham (Facebook)
Lance Livingstone, 905-431-0823, koach_14@yahoo.com
Pam Parks, president20226364@hotmail.com
Halton (Facebook, Website)
Trudi Ford & Helen Lee, ohchalton@gmail.com
Mississauga (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok)
Ken Cole, 416-524-8335, MississaugaHC@gmail.com or kencole333@gmail.com
Toronto & York Region (Facebook, Twitter, TikTok)
Michelle Robidoux, greatertorontohc@gmail.com
HAMILTON/NIAGARA
Hamilton (Facebook)
Rolf Gerstenberger, 905-515-1827, gbergerrolf@gmail.com
Janina Lebon, 905-545-5514, janinalebon44@gmail.com
Niagara (Facebook)
Sue Hotte, 905-932-1646, niagarahealthcoalition@yahoo.ca
ONTARIO SOUTH WEST & CENTRAL WEST
London (Facebook)
Jeff Hanks, 519-476-6623, jeffryhanks@gmail.com
Peter Bergmanis, 519-860-4403, pbergmanis@rogers.com
Oxford County
Bryan J. Smith, 226-228-8309, bryasmit@oxford.net
Port Dover & Tri-County (Norfolk, Halidmand, Brant)
Ron Keating, lorettaaron@outlook.com
Pat Ostapchuk, pat.ostapchuk@gmail.com
Sarnia Lambton (Facebook, Twitter)
June Weiss, junebug111@hotmail.com
Waterloo Region (Website, Facebook)
Jim Stewart, 519-588-5841, waterlooregionhealthcoalition@gmail.com
Windsor-Essex (Windsor Facebook, Essex Facebook)
Patrick Hannon, 519-796-0410, patrickjhannonm@gmail.com
Tracey Ramsey, 519-995-0239, traceyramsey200@gmail.com
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.
*****PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS – info@ontariohc.ca *****
We are proud of the difference we make and we hope you are too. This work is only made possible by people who care like you. Please do become a member or donate. It matters!
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