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(November 8, 2024) By: Taylor Clark, Smith Falls Record News<\/p>\n

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Members of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and the Ontario Health Coalition gather outside the Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital with a 15-foot Trojan horse in protest of the Ford government\u2019s push toward privatization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A 15-foot wooden Trojan horse representing the privatization of health care stopped in Smiths Falls as it continued an Ontario-wide campaign in protest of the increased dependence on private health clinics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Conservatives have presented privatization as a gift. They say private clinics will reduce wait times, they will alleviate the crisis in our hospitals and they will provide the care that the people need of Ontario. Nothing could be further from the truth,\u201d said Kevin Cook, the first vice-president of the Ontario Council of Hospitals Unions (OCHU).<\/p>\n

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