{"id":13638,"date":"2020-07-02T14:50:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T18:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=13638"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:53:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T18:53:59","slug":"inaction-on-long-term-care-focus-of-thurs-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/inaction-on-long-term-care-focus-of-thurs-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaction on long-term care focus of Thurs. rallies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 1, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: Sudbury Star Staff<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.prod.postmedia.digital\/thesudburystar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/SU.0624-su-protest-3.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"\" width=\"657\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><span class=\"img-caption\">Protesters demand better care for seniors at a June 24 rally organized by the Sudbury chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition. The same group will be holding more rallies tomorrow (Thursday) outside the Rainbow Centre and on Barrydowne Road.<\/span> <span class=\"img-author\"> John Lappa\/Sudbury Star<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Health advocates in Sudbury will join others across the province tomorrow in demanding better care for seniors.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvents will include updates on the Ford government\u2019s failure to respond to the crisis in long-term care (and) their attempt to push through Bill 175, the new law that privatizes and removes oversight for home and community care,\u201d according to a release from the Ontario Health Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters will also be taking a stand against Bill 161, legislation that will \u201cmake it harder to launch class-action lawsuits against private companies, including for-profit long-term care homes where so many have died,\u201d the coalition said.<\/p>\n<p>The Sudbury Health Coalition will hold a rally at noon in two locations: outside the Rainbow Centre (which houses the North East Local Health Integration Network) on Elm Street; and the corner of Barrydowne Road and Gemmill Street.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will bring rally signs, wear face masks and maintain two-metre social distancing, the coalition said.<\/p>\n<p>Those with mobility issues can drive by the rallies with signs in their windshields indicating their support, waving and honking.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Similar protests will be held in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara and Peterborough.<\/p>\n<p>For information on the Sudbury rally, contact Sudbury Health Coalition chair Dot Klein at 705-566-9072 or <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\">dot.klein@persona.ca<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\">sud.editorial@sunmedia.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesudburystar.com\/news\/local-news\/inaction-on-long-term-care-focus-of-thurs-rallies\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 1, 2020) By: Sudbury Star Staff Protesters demand better care for seniors at a June 24 rally organized by the Sudbury chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition. The same group will be holding more rallies tomorrow (Thursday) outside the Rainbow Centre and on Barrydowne Road. John Lappa\/Sudbury Star Health advocates in Sudbury will join [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Inaction on long-term care focus of Thurs. rallies - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(July 1, 2020) By: Sudbury Star Staff Protesters demand better care for seniors at a June 24 rally organized by the Sudbury chapter of the Ontario Health\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/inaction-on-long-term-care-focus-of-thurs-rallies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Inaction on long-term care focus of Thurs. rallies - 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