Allan Benner<\/a>, The Welland Tribune<\/p>\nPeople from throughout the province are being asked to send a message to Queen\u2019s Park on May 28.<\/p>\n
On that Saturday, the Ontario Health Coalition is asking residents to cast ballots for what it is calling a \u201creferendum\u201d on health care.<\/p>\n
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The effort is aimed at telling the provincial government to stop the cuts to community hospitals and to restore services, funding and staff to meet community health-care needs,\u201d said Niagara Health Coalition member Connie Butler.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe\u2019re holding a provincewide referendum on this issue, and we\u2019re hoping that everyone in the province will vote on this referendum,\u201d the Welland resident said Monday during a rally outside Welland hospital to announce the initiative.<\/p>\n
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Welland Mayor Frank Campion joined coalition members for the announcement.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIf you\u2019re trying to nickel and dime, this is not the place to do it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe price is far too high to nickel and dime the health-care system. The price is people\u2019s lives, people\u2019s health, people\u2019s ability to get around, quality of life \u2014 all those things are part of the health-care system,\u201d Campion said. \u201cIf we\u2019re going to start to reduce the expenditure on those things, that\u2019s what\u2019s going to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Wainfleet Mayor April Jeffs said people remain very concerned about the future of local hospitals, and she welcomed the opportunity to show the provincial government that plans for Niagara hospitals are not acceptable.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI know the model of care is changing, and I understand that. \u2026 But we need this (Welland) hospital for all the surrounding communities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe hear people say all the time that they feel left out of access to quality care,\u201d Jeffs said, adding the future of the hospital is \u201cvery crucial to everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In Niagara, the province\u2019s plans include the closure of hospitals in Welland, Port Colborne, Fort Erie, and Niagara Falls and replacing them a with a single new hospital in Niagara Falls.<\/p>\n
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Coalition member Henry Miron said the provincial government needs to commit adequate funding to hospitals, rather than other expenditures \u201cthat aren\u2019t as important as our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Butler said the coalition plans to present the results of its referendum to Premier Kathleen Wynne\u2019s government, hoping that will help ensure provincial representatives will \u201clisten to ordinary Ontarians like us in this group.\u201d<\/p>\n
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She said there will be advance polling as the initiative progresses, giving people more opportunity to cast their ballots.<\/p>\n
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But after May 28, the ballots will be tallied up and the results will be shared publicly and sent to Queen\u2019s Park.<\/p>\n
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Butler said organizers \u201cneed lots of volunteers to make this referendum a big event, so it can be taken to Queen\u2019s Park.\u201d<\/p>\n
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People interested in helping can contact the group through Facebook, by e-mailing niagarahealthcoalition@yahoo.com or by calling Miron at 905-735-4999.<\/p>\n
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Details of where people can vote are still in development.<\/p>\n
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ABenner@postmedia.com<\/p>\n
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Coalition question<\/p>\n
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Do you agree that: Ontario\u2019s government must stop the cuts to our community hospitals and restore services, funding and staff to meet our communities\u2019 needs for care?<\/p>\n
Yes or No<\/p>\n
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