Hope remains despite ‘existential threats’ to public health care, including Niagara’s: coalition

Posted: January 23, 2026

(January 22, 2026) by: Allan Benner, St. Catharines Standard (behind a paywall)

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Ontario Health Coalition’s executive director says legislation recently approved in Alberta undermines Canada’s public health-care system and sets a precedent that could embolden other provinces to to the same.

It’s one of several “existential threats” to public health care across Canada, including Niagara, Natalie Mehra said while addressing Niagara District Council of Women members during an online meeting Wednesday…

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