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

Event Information

Begins: 29 November 2024
Location: Midland, ON

MIDLAND, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Friday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Midland Town Hall, 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
Dr. Martin McNamara, Georgian Bay General Hospital Emergency Department (Midland), Fran Moreau, & Garry Bryant

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Midland Town Hall, 575 Dominion Ave, Midland, ON

WHEN:
1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29

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For more information, contact:

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