MEDIA ADVISORY: Giant Trojan Horse to visit Haliburton tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Event Information

Begins: 28 November 2024
Location: Haliburton, ON

HALIBURTON, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Thursday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Haliburton, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”

As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to ongoing privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests, and demanding the government invest in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.

WHO:
Michael Hurley, president of OCHU-CUPE
Natalie Mehra, executive director, Ontario Health Coalition
Bonnie Roe, Haliburton Highlands LTC Coalition

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Town Docks Parking Lot, Cedar Ave, Dysart and Others, Haliburton

WHEN:
2:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28

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For more information, contact:

Zaid Noorsumar, CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859