(July 4, 2023) By: Dan Kellar, CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo<\/p>\n
As the efforts by the Ontario government to privatize public health care in Ontario accelerate, protests by health care workers and local residents have taken place across the province. On June 26th over 200 people demonstrated in front of St. Mary\u2019s hospital in Kitchener to tell the government \u201cHealthcare is a Human Right, Hands off our Hospitals!\u201d.<\/p>\n
Attending the event were representatives from the Waterloo Region Health Coalition and today\u2019s show features an interview with Jim Stewart, the chair of the Waterloo Region Health Coalition, a node in the Ontario Health Coalition whose goal is to defend public health care against privatization.<\/p>\n
In the interview Stewart speaks on Doug Ford\u2019s and the conservative government\u2019s continuing privatization agenda, the work the Waterloo Region Health Coalition is undertaking and the growing movement within the healthcare system, and across the public sphere, that is organizing to support health care workers and protect public healthcare in Ontario.<\/p>\n
For more information on the Waterloo Region Health Coalition, visit waterloohealthcoalition.org.<\/p>\n