{"id":32292,"date":"2026-09-23T09:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=32292"},"modified":"2026-09-23T09:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T13:58:43","slug":"fight-ford-demonstration-at-mpp-paul-vickers-office-september-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/fight-ford-demonstration-at-mpp-paul-vickers-office-september-26\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fight Ford\u2019 Demonstration at MPP Paul Vickers&#8217; Office September 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(September 22, 2026) By: Staff, The Owen Sound Current<\/p>\n<p><em>The monthly Fight Ford protest series reaches Owen Sound on Saturday, outside the constituency office of MPP Paul Vickers. Organizers are calling for Ford&#8217;s resignation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Organizers of the Fight Ford protest series have called a demonstration in Owen Sound on Saturday morning, outside the constituency office of Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers.<\/p>\n<p>The poster for the Owen Sound event carries the demand \u201cFord must resign.\u201d Promotional material circulated to supporters asks people to turn out \u201cagainst the Ford government\u2019s agenda\u201d without naming specific policies.<\/p>\n<p>Fight Ford has run province-wide days of action roughly monthly since April, at more than 50 locations at their peak, most of them outside Progressive Conservative constituency offices. Grey-Bruce locations have included Meaford Hall and MPP Lisa Thompson\u2019s Kincardine office in June. The series is coordinated through a provincial Facebook page and the website protestdougford.com.<\/p>\n<p>Vickers is a Progressive Conservative and serves as parliamentary assistant to the minister of agriculture, food and agribusiness. His office is open Monday to Friday and closed on Saturdays.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare has been raised at several earlier demonstrations in this region. The Grey Bruce Health Coalition \u2014 a different organization, and a branch of the Ontario Health Coalition \u2014 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.owensoundcurrent.com\/p\/owen-sound-mris-sit-closed-overnight\">released a report<\/a><\/span> in Walkerton on September 15 finding both MRI machines at Owen Sound Regional Hospital shut down overnight on weekdays, and operating rooms in Meaford, Southampton and Wiarton running part-time, while the province funds new private clinics.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Sylvia Jones and Brightshores Health System did not respond to the Current\u2019s questions about that report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.owensoundcurrent.com\/p\/fight-ford-demonstration-at-mpp-paul\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Click here for the original article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(September 22, 2026) By: Staff, The Owen Sound Current The monthly Fight Ford protest series reaches Owen Sound on Saturday, outside the constituency office of MPP Paul Vickers. 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