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(September 24, 2025) By: Paul Morden, The Beacon Herald<\/p>\n

A rally is set for Saturday in Sarnia as part of a provincewide push against the privatization of health care services.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
The Sarnia-Lambton chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition has scheduled a rally from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. next to the intersection of London and Murphy roads and June Weiss, with the chapter, said the public is welcome to join in.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n
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\u201cI\u2019ll have extra signs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Rallies by the provincial health-care watchdog group also are being held this month and in October in London, St. Thomas, Windsor, Woodstock and other communities around the province.<\/p>\n

The aim is \u201cjust to get people out and understand what\u2019s going on with public hospitals and health care,\u201d Weiss said.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s concerns include Ontario\u2019s move to allow private cataract surgery clinics \u201cand now they\u2019re going to be expanding it\u201d to some surgeries for hips and knees, as well as additional medical diagnostic tests traditionally provided at hospitals, she said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

The coalition has raised concerns in the past about reports of patients facing additional charges at private clinics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel if they would fund the public hospitals to a sufficient amount, they can do all of this in the hospitals,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cThey don\u2019t have to open private clinics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Weiss, who retired from Bluewater Health after working more than 30 years as a registered pharmacy technician, said she recalls strong public response to cuts there in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that\u2019s what it needs,\u201d she said about a public response to current pressures on public health care in Ontario.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t always realize this is going on until we\u2019re actually at that point where we\u2019re going to lose something,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cWe want to push now before we lose anything further.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

Saturday\u2019s event will be a \u201cpeaceful rally\u201d aimed at raising awareness, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think people really fully understand until it happens to them,\u201d Weiss said.<\/p>\n

The coalition has held rallies locally in the past outside of the MPP\u2019s office but chose a busier public location for Saturday\u2019s event, Weiss said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a nice busy spot, just to ensure people are seeing and hearing what the issues are,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Along with signs, \u201cwe\u00a0have some red umbrellas, because that\u2019s our logo,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

A petition asking the federal government to \u201censure the Canada Health Act is being enforced\u201d also will be available for the public to sign at the rally, Weiss said.<\/p>\n

Federal funding for health care flows to the province which decides how it will be spent \u201cand we feel the money is not going appropriately to public health care,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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