{"id":24,"date":"2013-02-12T14:14:50","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T19:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-01-21T12:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:07:11","slug":"mission-mandate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/about-us\/mission-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Health Coalition Mission &#038; Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span class=\"fontstyle0\">Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system. We work to honour and strengthen the principles of the Canada Health Act. We are led by our shared commitment to core values of equality, democracy, social inclusion and social justice; and by the five principles of the Act: universality; comprehensiveness; portability; accessibility and public administration. We are a non-partisan public interest activist coalition and network.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">To this end, we empower the members of our constituent organizations to become actively engaged in the making of public policy on matters related to our public health care system and healthy communities. We seek to provide to member organizations and the broader public ongoing information about our health care system and its programs and services, and to protect our public health system from threats such as cuts, delisting and privatization. Through public education and support for public debate, we contribute to the maintenance and extension of a system of checks and balances that is essential to good decision-making. We are an extremely collaborative organization, actively working with others to share resources and information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Who We Are<\/h4>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The Ontario Health Coalition is comprised of a Board of Directors, committees of the Board as approved in the Coalition\u2019s annual Action Plan, Local Coalitions, member organizations and individual members. Currently the Ontario Health Coalition represents more than 500 member organizations and a network of Local Health Coalitions and individual members. Our members include: seniors\u2019 groups; patients\u2019 organizations; unions; nurses and health professionals\u2019 organizations; physicians and physician organizations that support the public health system; non-profit community agencies; ethnic and cultural organizations; residents\u2019 and family councils; retirees; poverty and equality-seeking groups; women\u2019s organizations, and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ontario Health Coalition<\/strong><br \/>\nPO Box 113<br \/>\nNorth York, Ontario M3C 2R6<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tel:<\/strong> 416-441-2502<br \/>\n<strong>Email:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"mailto:info@ontariohc.ca\">info@OntarioHC.ca<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" title=\"OHC Website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\">www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system. 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