[All] Fw: [OHC] Quick update & key info: fightback against Ford's privatization of health care

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Ford is privatizing health care the same time health risks increased as a result of Covid and Climate Change. There is a massive rally happening in Queen’s park. Sixty buses are booked to attend. There will be some from Waterloo Region going to Queens Park that day. Details below. Please attend. We need critical mass numbers to push back on Ford Government.
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On Thursday, May 16, 2024, 8:44 AM, Ontario Health Coalition via OntarioHealthCoalition <ontariohealthcoalition at list.web.net> wrote:


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Update & Key Information: 

The fightback to stop the Ford government's privatization of our public health care is building... It is inspiring!

Thousands of volunteers are on the move across Ontario to save our public health care and stop privatization. Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts for all you are doing. Here is a quick update.

So far, more than sixty buses are bringing people in to the mass protests on Thursday May 30. A list of buses that have seats open to community members is below. Please sign up as soon as possible. Please register your buses so we can get you your bus kits early next week. (See information below.)

Volunteers have marked down on our tracking map their distribution of more than 100,000 leaflets door-to-door, at street and market tables, in community groups and in workplaces. It is so impressive! See it on the campaign website www.StopForProfitHealthcare.ca.

Note: That 100,000+ showing on the map is just a small proportion of the leaflets that we know have been distributed. Many are not marked down on the map. We know that we are up over half a million and on our way to the first million. Please get your leaflets out and update the map on the campaign website if you can. This public education effort absolutely works... we know because we can see it in the public opinion polls. The goal is to reach two million people (1 in in every 7 Ontarians).

We are getting lawn signs ready to go. We will begin distributing them at the protests and will continue throughout the summer.

The fightback is on. We have to win this...the future of our public health care hangs in the balance. There is something -- even one thing -- that every one of us can do and everyone's effort makes a difference. Here is everything you need to get going. Thank you all for caring and for building this fightback. It really is inspiring!

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Campaign website

Go to www.StopForProfitHealthcare.ca more information, see and order leaflets, get materials in different languages, sign up for buses, log where you have distributed leaflets on the map, get fact sheets and more.

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Giant protests and marches on Thursday, May 30

Toronto: Gather at noon at the south side of Nathan Phillips Square across from the Sheraton, 123 Queen St. W. We will march to the Ontario Legislature at Queen’s Park where the Legislature will be in session. There is a designated space at Queen’s Park for people with mobility issues—we will be at Queen’s Park before 1 p.m.

Sault Ste. Marie: Gather at noon at the Roberta Bondar Pavilion, march & rally.

Thunder Bay: Gather at noon at mini Queen’s Park.

Dryden: Rally outside of MPP Greg Rickford's office (429 Government Road) at 11:30 a.m. CDST.

Ottawa: Gather at noon across the street from The Ottawa Hospital General Campus at Faircrest Heights Park (550 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON).

Cornwall: Gather at 4 p.m. (note that this time is different from elsewhere) outside MPP Nolan Quinn’s office, 120 Second St. W.

Send a powerful message to the Ford government. Show Ontarians that the fightback is on so they can join in. Please share these events with your organizations, community groups, friends, family, and on social media - every person makes a difference!

Join the giant protest and march in Toronto starting at Nathan Phillips Square and going to the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park. The Legislature will be in session with Members of Provincial Parliament there from across Ontario. There will be regional rallies and marches in areas where it is too far to go to Toronto, including Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Ottawa, and Cornwall.

Get on a bus! List is below.

Volunteer to be a marshal to help keep roadways clear and the crowd safe - email your name, which protest you want to help at, and contact info, to info at ontariohc.ca with MARSHAL in the subject line.

Make your signs and visuals for the protests! (Please keep it clean. It isn't usually an issue at Health Coalition events but a gentle reminder never harms. Simply using vulgar language doesn't send a message that helps. Let's raise the tone of political discourse, and remember, there are children coming!)

Donate to help cover the costs of the buses and the protests here https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/donate-now/ or send an etransfer to info at ontariohc.ca(please include your name and contact information).

List of buses for community members to join the May 30 protests 

Register your bus If you are organizing a bus, please register it with us by this Friday, May 17. You can fill out the printable registration form that is attached and email it to info at ontariohc.ca or fill in the online form here: https://forms.gle/cXFbpKYwobkNGrUK8

The following are the buses open to community members who want to attend. Community agencies, groups and unions have additional buses that they are filling with their own members. We will send out an updated list of buses that have space next week.

Central Ontario including Simcoe County, Dufferin County, Muskoka, Parry Sound

Barrie & Orillia The Simcoe Health Coalition is organizing a group to travel by GO train at the Barrie South GO Train Station, departing at 9:11 AM. Please contact Anisa at simcoecountyhc at gmail.com for more information.

Muskoka Pick up at Bracebridge Sportsplex. Please contact Sandra Ashcroft at Sandra.Ashcroft at ufcw175.com for a seat on the bus.

Greater Toronto Area

Brampton Pick up outside Metro at Bramalea City Centre. Bus departs at 10:00 AM. Please contact Brampton Caledon Health Coalition at info at BramptonCaledonHC.ca for a seat on the bus.

Halton Pick up in Halton (location TBD). Please fill the Halton Health Coalition’s sign-up form here https://forms.gle/ywbtcprKWqCaLp818 for a seat on the bus.

Mississauga Pick up at Square One at Crate & Barrel. Bus departs at 10:00 AM. Please contact Mississauga Health Coalition at MississaugaHC at gmail.com or KenCole333 at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

Oshawa Pick up at Unifor 222 Union Hall at 1425 Phillip Murray Ave. Bus departs at 10:30 AM. Please contact Unifor Retirees Local 222 Oshawa at vande8ww at yahoo.ca for a seat on the bus.

Hamilton-Burlington-Niagara

Fort Erie Pick up at Fort Erie Leisureplex, 3 Municipal Centre Dr. There will also be pickups on the way at St. Catharines if the SC bus is full. Bus departs at 8:30 am. Please contact Niagara Health Coalition at NiagaraHealthCoalition at yahoo.ca for a seat on the bus.

Hamilton Pick up at Centre Mall, near the Beer Store. Bus departs at 10:00 AM. Please contact Hamilton Health Coalition at JaninaLebon44 at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

St. Catharines Pick up at Fairview Mall GO Bus Stop, YMCA Drive, St. Catharines. Bus departs at 8:30 am. Please contact Niagara Health Coalition at NiagaraHealthCoalition at yahoo.ca for a seat on the bus.

West and Southwestern Ontario (including Grey Bruce)

Cambridge Pick up at Cambridge Hespeler Road Supercentre GO Transit Bus Stop (Smartcentres Cambridge - North). Bus departs at 9:30 AM from Waterloo and then will stop in Cambridge. Please fill the Waterloo Region Health Coalition’s sign-up form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxvtBDes4Vgkt94Z7w5CaiFG2reMOmzJHY0hdpmtg-m1DEWw/viewform for a seat on the bus.

Chatham Pick up at the car pool parking lot at Bloomfield Rd, tentatively meet at 7:15 AM. Please fill the sign-up form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIEAkucE18ltsdaLT2aHyq78aJ_hlYjaHLLG1zowbt-OFUYQ/viewform for a seat on the bus.

Chesley & Hanover Pick up at Chesley Grocery Store, 30 1st Ave S. There will also be a pickup on the way at Canadian Tire, 896 10th St, Hanover (8:00 AM, tentative). Bus departs at 7:30 AM (tentative). Please contact Grey Bruce Health Coalition at GreyBruceHC at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

Durham Pick up at Durham Community Centre and Arena, 451 Saddler St W. Bus departs at 8:30 AM (tentative). Please contact Grey Bruce Health Coalition at GreyBruceHC at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.


Ingersoll & London Pick up at London Ice House, 4380 Wellington Rd S, Parking lot south of 401/Wellington Rd Exchange. There will also be a pickup on the way at Elmhurst Inn, Hwy 19 carpool lot, Ingersoll (9:20 am). Bus departs London at 9:00 AM. Please contact London Health Coalition at JeffryHanks at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

Owen Sound & Meaford Pick up at Bayshore Community Centre, 190 3rd Ave E. There will also be a pickup on the way in Meaford at the Meaford Hall Arts and Cultural Centre, 12 Nelson St E (tentative pickup at 8:00 AM). Bus departs at 7:30 AM (tentative). Please contact Grey Bruce Health Coalition at GreyBruceHC at gmail.com for a seat on the bus.

Port Dover Pick up at Powell Park, 250 Main St. Bus departs at 9:00 AM. Please contact Port Dover Health Coalition at lorettaaron at outlook.com for a seat on the bus.

Waterloo Pick up at Waterloo Town Square, 75 King St S. Bus departs at 9:30 AM. Please fill the Waterloo Region Health Coalition’s sign-up form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxvtBDes4Vgkt94Z7w5CaiFG2reMOmzJHY0hdpmtg-m1DEWw/viewform for a seat on the bus.

Windsor-Essex  Pick up in Windsor (Devonshire Mall, NW corner of the parking lot, next to the Sears building). Meet at 6:15 AM (tentative). There will also be a pickup on the way in Comber for those in Essex (Tim Horton's parking lot 7010 Industrial Drive, tentatively meet at 6:45 AM) and a pickup in Chatham (Car Pool parking lot at Bloomfield Rd, tentatively meet at 7:15 AM). Please fill the sign-up form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScIEAkucE18ltsdaLT2aHyq78aJ_hlYjaHLLG1zowbt-OFUYQ/viewform for a seat on the bus.

Central-East and Eastern Ontario

Kingston Pick up at Memorial Centre to go to the protest at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto. There will also be a pickup on the way at Napanee (Flying J @ 8:20 am). Bus departs Kingston at 8:00 AM. Please fill the Kingston Health Coalition’s sign-up form here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdorJwtoSR3wbPWAe37dMknz6PGuYR2i741ovKHyyQ4pKtqqA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0 for a seat on the bus.

Northern Ontario

Sudbury Note: there will be buses going to Sault Ste. Marie and we are asking everyone who can support the northern protests to please do so. The local group for this one bus decided to go to Toronto. For the Sudbury bus going to Toronto, pick up in Sudbury (York/Paris St). Please contact Melissa Wood at wood.melissa at hotmail.com for a seat on this bus. We will provide more information for the bus(es) going to Sault Ste. Marie as soon as we get it.

To go to the protest in Sault Ste. Marie:

Bruce Mines The bus, which starts at Elliot Lake, will pick up people at Bruce Mines at 10:30 AM. Please contact Al Dupuis at AlgomaHC at gmail.com for a seat on this bus to the Sault Ste Marie rally. 

Elliot Lake Pick up at Elliot Lake at 8:30 a.m. Please contact Al Dupuis at AlgomaHC at gmail.com for a seat on this bus to the Sault Ste Marie rally. 

Blind River The Elliot Lake bus will pick up people at Highway 108/17 Carpool Lot at 9:00 AM, Blind River at 9:30 a.m. Please contact Al Dupuis at AlgomaHC at gmail.com for a seat on this bus to the Sault Ste Marie rally. 

Thessalon The Elliot Lake bus will pick up people at 10:00 a.m. at Thessalon. Please contact Al Dupuis at AlgomaHC at gmail.com for a seat on this bus to the Sault Ste Marie rally. 

Huge updates on leaflet distribution

This spring, we aim to share leaflets with 2 million people in Ontario to spread the word of Ford's destruction of our public healthcare and how they can stop this privatization by joining the protests. More than 600,000 leaflets have been sent out to local coalitions and volunteers, and most of them have been distributed. It is incredible! 

Below is a snapshot of just some of the leafleting that has been put on the map. (See it here: https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.ca/#leaflet) In some areas, there are so many points that the map doesn't show them all at once! There are numbers on the blue dots that show how many places where leaflets have been handed out - there are more than 4,000 leafletting locations on the map so far.



You can join the amazing work:
   
   - Get leaflets to distribute (different languages available and we are adding more): https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.ca/join-the-fight 
   - Host leaflets If there is no local coalition in your area, we are asking for volunteers who are willing to store leaflets for people to pick up and distribute. If you can volunteer to host leaflets, please email us at info at ontariohc.ca with the subject line "HOST LEAFLETS".
   - Add your leaflet distribution to the map at https://www.stopforprofithealthcare.ca/#leaflet
   - Donate to help cover the costs of the leaflets here https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/donate-now/ or send an etransfer to info at ontariohc.ca(please include your name and contact information).

At the bottom of this email, we have attached some resources that can help you when you interact with members of your community as you distribute leaflets. They are attached as Word documents and as PDFs so you can edit the resources or use them as they are.
   
   - A draft script for going door-to-door
   - A draft sign up sheet that you can use to ask people if they want to receive updates via email, get a lawn sign, and get on a bus to the protest on May 30 (if there are buses in your area)
   - Two draft inserts for local information: some local coalitions are handing out local inserts along with leaflets, such as ways to contact your local MPP and information about local hospital closures and privatization.

On the back of the leaflet, there is space to stamp or put on a sticker with your local coalition or organization's contact information.

*****PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS – info at ontariohc.ca *****

We are proud of the difference we make and we hope you are too. This work is only made possible by people who care like you. Please do become a member or donate. It matters!

If you can, please CLICK HERE to donate or become a member.

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