{"id":28785,"date":"2023-09-21T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=28785"},"modified":"2023-09-22T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:25:50","slug":"event-stop-the-ford-governments-privatization-of-our-public-hospitals-core-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/event-stop-the-ford-governments-privatization-of-our-public-hospitals-core-services\/","title":{"rendered":"EVENT: <\/FONT> Major Protest to Stop the Ford Government’s Privatization of Our Public Hospitals’ Core Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Updated: September 21, 2023)<\/p>\n

MAJOR PROTEST\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

OPENING DAY OF THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Monday, September 25, 2023 at 12 Noon<\/strong><\/h1>\n

TORONTO<\/strong>\u00a0at Queen’s Park outside the Main Legislative Building at 12 Noon<\/p>\n

THUNDER BAY<\/strong>\u00a0at Mini Queen’s Park at South James St. at 12 Noon<\/p>\n

DRYDEN\u00a0<\/strong>outside MPP Greg Rickford’s\u00a0office, 439 Government St. at 11:30 a.m. CST (Dryden time)<\/p>\n

ALGOMA<\/strong>\u00a0outside the Sault Area Hospital at Lukenda Drive at 12 Noon<\/p>\n

Please join the protest closest to you.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

FOR MEMBERS OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES:<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The Ford government has set opening day on Yom Kippur.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will hold a second event on\u00a0Tuesday September 26 at noon outside the Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto<\/u>\u00a0<\/strong>for people who cannot attend on the 25th and all those who want to come out in solidarity and unity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Make a\u00a0major\u00a0show of strength\u00a0to\u00a0set the tone for the reopening of the Ontario Legislature.\u00a0We are not going away.<\/p>\n

We are unalterably opposed to the privatization of our public hospitals.\u00a0We paid for them. We built them. They do not belong to the Ford government to run them into crisis, gut their core services and privatize them.<\/p>\n

We demand\u00a0that the Ford government:<\/p>\n