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(February 21, 2024) by: Shawna O’Neill, Cornwall Standard-Freeholder<\/p>\n

Cornwall was once again a host as the Ontario Health Coalition released its most-recent report on privatizing services available at publicly funded hospitals on Wednesday.<\/section>\n
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Ontario Health Coalition Cornwall\/SDG chapter co-chairs Elaine MacDonald and Louise Lanctot spoke about how the coalition believes policies approved by the Premier Doug Ford\u2019s government continue to destabilize Ontario\u2019s publicly funded hospital system and support a private, for-profit model.<\/section>\n
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Cornwall is a frequent stop for the coalition, given how active the local chapter is in helping promote its advocacy.<\/section>\n
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MacDonald said the recent announcement the Ontario Ministry of Health is distributing $4,074,398 in funding to the local Great River Ontario Health Team is great news. She said she attended the Ontario legislature\u2019s standing committee on finance and economic affairs\u2019 pre-budget discussions at the end of January where local voices from the Great River Ontario Health Team stressed an even greater funding need: $165 million provincewide (a 12.3 per cent increase) over the next five years.<\/section>\n
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\u201cRight now, without a major infusion of cash, (health clinics are) in danger\u2026 of a progressive loss of services,\u201d said MacDonald. \u201cThese government \u2018good news\u2019 announcements lose their lustre when you look at the context\u2026 I thought this was a great example of how the (provincial) government tries to counter any kind of bad report (like the Ontario Health Coalition\u2019s) with a \u2018good news\u2019 announcement.\u201d<\/section>\n
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MacDonald proceeded to focus on the topic of hospital privatization, breaking down what she called a three-part horror story for attendees, including information about the province budgeting for less than what it needs, underspending what is budgeted, and disproportionately using public funding to support private clinical ventures. She said the province has not properly budgeted for the current rate of inflation.<\/section>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s a system that\u2019s ripe to be monetized, which is of course not in compatible with the Canada Health Act,\u201d said MacDonald.<\/section>\n
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Lanctot told a personal story about a family member who moved from the public to the private health system for eye surgery who was charged $1,700 for each eye. Referencing an Ontario Health Coalition report released Wednesday titled Robbing the Public to Build the Private: The Ford Government\u2019s Hospital Privatization Scheme, Lanctot spoke about how data supports that public hospitals will receive approximately $508 for cataract surgery while the Don Mills Surgical Unit Ltd. for-profit hospital, for example, can receive up to $1,264 for the same surgery.<\/section>\n
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In closing, the co-chairs said they want to ask Stormont\u2014Dundas\u2014South Glengarry MPP Nolan Quinn and the provincial government which investors the government is accommodating in its privatization efforts \u201cbecause it\u2019s not the taxpayer.\u201d<\/section>\n
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The coalition held events to promote the report at Queen\u2019s Park in Toronto, as well as in Brampton, London, Welland, and Waterloo.<\/section>\n
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