{"id":28718,"date":"2023-05-29T11:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=28718"},"modified":"2023-06-23T11:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T15:33:08","slug":"referendum-against-privatization-of-health-care-in-ontario-begins-citynews-kitchener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/referendum-against-privatization-of-health-care-in-ontario-begins-citynews-kitchener\/","title":{"rendered":"Referendum against privatization of health care in Ontario begins | CityNews Kitchener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(May 28, 2023)<\/p>\n<p>By: Brad Kraemer, CityNews Kitchener<\/p>\n<p>A referendum vote that is being run by the Ontario Health Coalition on the Ford Government\u2019s hospital privatization plans is happening in Kitchener on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Votes will be brought in from across Ontario and brought to the legislature at Queen\u2019s Park to be delivered to the government.<\/p>\n<p>Locally, vote counting will take place from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Elementary Teachers Federation office in Kitchener.<\/p>\n<p>Votes from the region will be announced on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. outside Grand River Hospital in Kitchener.<\/p>\n<p>Province-wide results will be announced on Wednesday at 10 a.m. outside Queen\u2019s Park.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/event-huge-peoples-referendum-to-stop-hospital-privatization-friday-sat-maps-list-of-all-vote-counts-announcements\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kitchener.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/28\/referendum-against-privatization-of-health-care-in-ontario-begins\/\">Link to original article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 28, 2023) By: Brad Kraemer, CityNews Kitchener A referendum vote that is being run by the Ontario Health Coalition on the Ford Government\u2019s hospital privatization plans is happening in Kitchener on Sunday. 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