COVID-19<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\nTo protest that move, the Ontario Health Coalition is turning to the public to ask their opinion on the issue.<\/p>\n
Volunteers are set up all over Kingston, and across the province, speaking with the public about this issue and encouraging people to cast their vote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ontario Health Coalition has set up this referendum to stop privatization of Ontario\u2019s hospitals by the Ford government. They\u2019ve set up almost 1,000 polling stations across Ontario,\u201d volunteer Beth Wylie told Global News.<\/p>\n
In terms of public opinion, those who spoke to Global News seemed divided on the topic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t like the idea of privatization at all. I think we need to keep it public. I\u2019m so glad I was able to vote on this today,\u201d says Kingston resident Ron Rabbie.<\/p>\n
However, fellow Kingston resident Dylan Short suggested private clinics could help free up doctors in the public system.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems like almost a good thing that they\u2019re privatizing, to the point where they want to bring in the privatized clinics and open up our actual doctors,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Some, like Kingston resident Robel Kebede, seem divided.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom a student perspective, you want your basic things, like your checkups, to be public. Everything that\u2019s expensive outside of that, I don\u2019t even have those problems, it doesn\u2019t make sense for me to think whether they should be private or not,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
While resident Bramwell Davies agrees about the efficacy of privatization to a certain extent, for the purpose of the vote, he says it\u2019s about considering what is best for all.<\/p>\n
\u201cA certain amount of private health care can be effective. However, medicine should not be for profit. Even at a certain amount of inconvenience to myself, I\u2019m prepared to vote against private health care,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
The coalition is hoping to get a million votes provincewide, and will present the results to Queen\u2019s Park on Monday.<\/p>\n
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