{"id":31565,"date":"2026-07-20T11:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T15:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=31565"},"modified":"2026-07-20T12:08:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:08:38","slug":"association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/","title":{"rendered":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org<\/p>\n<p><em>A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance against for-profit plasma collection, pointing to reported inspection issues and donor safety concerns linked to Grifols facilities<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Oakville Community Association (OCA) is calling on Oakville Town Council and Halton Regional Council to pass symbolic motions opposing Grifols\u2019 operation of private, for-profit plasma collection clinics in Oakville and Halton Region.<\/p>\n<p>The call follows concerns raised across Canada regarding Grifols\u2019 plasma operations, including Health Canada inspection findings related to donor screening, staff training, quality management, and operational procedures. Concerns have also been raised following reports of two donor deaths at Grifols-operated facilities in Winnipeg and adverse effects experienced by some donors.<\/p>\n<p>Grifols\u2019 Canadian administrative headquarters is located in Oakville and recently received a failed Health Canada inspection, raising concerns about compliance and oversight. The Ontario Health Coalition has reported on the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/inspection-of-plasma-giant-grifols-head-office-found-deficiencies-health-canada\/?utm_source=oakville%20news&amp;utm_campaign=oakville%20news%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/inspection-of-plasma-giant-grifols-head-office-found-deficiencies-health-canada\/\">inspection findings<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOakville and Halton residents deserve confidence that companies operating in our community meet the highest standards of safety and accountability,\u201d said Michael Reid, President of the Oakville Community Association. \u201cCouncil can affirm its support for maintaining public confidence in Canada\u2019s plasma system through strong oversight, transparency, and high standards of donor protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Several Ontario municipalities have already adopted symbolic motions expressing opposition to private, for-profit plasma collection clinics.<\/p>\n<p>The Oakville Community Association has circulated draft motions to <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/files\/oakville\/images\/government\/2026-07-14-draft-motion-for-oakville-council-re-grifols.pdf?utm_source=oakville%20news&amp;utm_campaign=oakville%20news%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/files\/oakville\/images\/government\/2026-07-14-draft-motion-for-oakville-council-re-grifols.pdf\">Oakville<\/a><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/files\/oakville\/images\/government\/2026-07-14-draft-motion-for-halton-regional-council-re-grifols.pdf?utm_source=oakville%20news&amp;utm_campaign=oakville%20news%3A%20outbound&amp;utm_medium=referral\" data-ga-category=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-action=\"OutboundLink\" data-ga-label=\"https:\/\/www.vmcdn.ca\/files\/oakville\/images\/government\/2026-07-14-draft-motion-for-halton-regional-council-re-grifols.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Halton Regional<\/span><\/a> Councillors for consideration.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oakvillenews.org\/local-news\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics-12556963\">Click here for the original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance against for-profit plasma collection, pointing to reported inspection issues and donor safety concerns linked to Grifols facilities The Oakville Community Association (OCA) is calling on Oakville Town Council and Halton Regional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ontario Health Coalition\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\"},\"headline\":\"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":254,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"OHC in the News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/index.php\\\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"description\":\"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/logo_ohc_new-1.png\",\"width\":478,\"height\":240,\"caption\":\"Ontario Health Coalition\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ontariohealth?fref=ts\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/OntarioHealthC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ontariohealthcoalition\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@ontariohealthc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4\",\"name\":\"admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition","description":"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition","og_description":"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/","og_site_name":"Ontario Health Coalition","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","article_published_time":"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4"},"headline":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics","datePublished":"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/"},"wordCount":254,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"articleSection":["OHC in the News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/","name":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics - Ontario Health Coalition","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T15:58:11+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-20T16:08:38+00:00","description":"(July 17, 2026) By: Oakville News Staff, OakvilleNews.org A local community group is calling on Oakville and Halton councillors to take a public stance","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/association-urges-councils-to-oppose-for-profit-plasma-clinics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Association urges councils to oppose for-profit plasma clinics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","description":"Our primary goal is to protect and improve our public health care system","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#organization","name":"Ontario Health Coalition","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo_ohc_new-1.png","width":478,"height":240,"caption":"Ontario Health Coalition"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ontariohealth?fref=ts","https:\/\/x.com\/OntarioHealthC","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ontariohealthcoalition","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ontariohealthc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPy4Erf4xGLZV6CY23xdokw"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/#\/schema\/person\/3bee6583f445dde27b35a7bba61b06b4","name":"admin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31566,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31565\/revisions\/31566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}