$22 billion in cuts to funding for public services planned by Mr. Ford, worse...
June 3, 2018 by Natalie Mehra, executive director — Many Ontarians are captured by the idea of getting the same or more services for less money. But few know what the numbers might actually mean. Since...
View ArticleSaving Public Health Care & Public Services Under the Doug Ford Government,...
Saving Public Health Care & Public Services Under the Doug Ford Government September 11, 2018 By Natalie Mehra, Executive Director, Ontario Health Coalition Since Doug Ford’s election there...
View ArticleLeaked omnibus health bill goes far beyond merging the LHINs
Preliminary analysis reveals new unprecedented powers to order privatization and contracting out, mega-mergers and the elimination of public interest provisions in LHIN legislation By: Natalie Mehra,...
View ArticleBLOG: On Canada Day let us celebrate & let us recommit to those fundamental...
(July 1, 2020) It is Canada Day and after such a challenging winter and spring, it is time to celebrate. One of our greatest achievements as a society is public health care for all. For all of the pain...
View ArticleOP-ED: Not ending private long-term care would be a deadly mistake
(February 11, 2021) On February 1, The Toronto Star published an opinion column titled “Ending private long-term care would be an expensive mistake.” Both on the facts and the ethics we disagree....
View ArticleBLOG: A personal note as I’m leaving to protest one of the worst LTC...
(July 14, 2021) After what we have seen in the last sixteen months, on a very personal level, I can’t let this happen without doing everything in my power to stop it. If you don’t mind, I thought I’d...
View ArticleBLOG: If we do not protest that nothing has changed in long-term care, who...
(October 1, 2021) It has been more than a year since the military report exposed, to the horror of Canadians, the state of Ontario’s long-term care (LTC). The report lent credence to decades of work by...
View ArticleOP-ED: Doug Ford’s new long-term-care legislation, Bill 37, tolls for all of us
(January 4, 2022) The bill lays bare Ford’s ongoing agenda, and smooths the way for billions of public dollars to be funnelled to for-profit LTC for another generation. By Nancy Olivieri, Michael...
View ArticleOP-ED: Doug Ford’s government is quietly privatizing health care
(March 15, 2022) By: Nancy Olivieri, Michael Hurley, Natalie Mehra Words matter. Recently, Health Minister Christine Elliott announced the expansion of private hospitals in Ontario. Missed this? So did...
View ArticleBLOG: The Power of a People’s Referendum
(June 1, 2023) By Natalie Mehra, Executive Director We know that the overwhelming majority of Ontarians do not want our public hospitals privatized to for-profit hospitals and clinics. We know this...
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