Ontario Health Coalition Halton

25/05/2026

‘Emergency department wait times are a canary in a coal mine for health system performance,’ says Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives official   Bob Bruton, Timmins Today May 22, 2026 BARRIE – Emergency room wait times have lengthened in Ontario hospitals, says the Canadian Centre for Pol...

25/05/2026

Join our “Fund Healthcare, Not Warfare” Ottawa Bus Tour to call for public money to support healthcare, not conflict. The tour is organized by the Council of Canadians and the Shut Down CANSEC campaign, and endorsed by the Ottawa Health Coalition, the Canadian Friends Service Committee and the Ottawa chapter of the Council of Canadians.

https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/fund-healthcare-not-warfare-ottawa-bus-tour

Together, we’ll travel to Ottawa and learn more about how the fight for public healthcare and against militarism are intertwined. Space is limited, so register TODAY!

This 90-minute bus tour, organized by the Council of Canadians and the Shut Down CANSEC campaign, will include brief stops at Ottawa-area institutions that are profiting from the unprecedented billions being spent on weapons systems, like the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), Lockheed Martin, and the CANSEC “defence, security and emerging technology” arms show at the EY Centre.

25/05/2026

LAST CALL to get on a train to the giant march & rally on Thurs, May 28. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/G5CuTp2qM3mT7itZ7. Registration deadline is TOMORROW on Wed, May 20.

Make no mistake. The Ford government is now coming for our hospitals and unless we fight back, they are going to privatize them and bring in two-tier medicare.

We need to make a show of strength that is commensurate to the threat of losing our public hospitals to privatization. Please sign up - there is no cost. Please share this as widely as possible. It will be an exciting day. Ontarians are coming in on trains from all over the province.

THURS, MAY 28: We will gather outside Union Station in Toronto for a rally at 12 pm noon then march up to Queen’s Park for a giant protest. We have bought entire train cars and blocks of tickets on VIA and GO trains.

For those in Toronto: please come out to the rally and march!
To get on a train to Toronto: please sign up to get a seat on a train from one of the locations below

SIGNING UP:
⚫️ Please register by Wed, May 20 at this link: https://forms.gle/G5CuTp2qM3mT7itZ7.
⚫️ There is no cost, but you must register to reserve your seat.
⚫️ Seats are first come, first served. Sign up ASAP!
⚫️ Each person must submit a separate registration.
⚫️ Donations to help cover the cost of the tickets are most appreciated: https://square.link/u/Mw11n4Mc

TRAIN DEPARTURE & RETURN TIMES
At each place, we will gather at the VIA/GO station and travel together. On the morning of May 28, please arrive at your train station at least 45 minutes before departure to meet your train captain at a designated area. Please don’t be late because you will miss being given your ticket and getting on your train.

The trains will go to Union Station in downtown Toronto. More info will be provided once you reserve your seat.

After the protest at Queen's Park, we will return to Union Station and get on trains back to the same town you came from.

For those from Sudbury: the train only runs twice a week, as you know. We invite you to carpool or travel down and jump on the GO Train with us in Barrie.

🔴 Aldershot GO Train (for Hamilton & Area)
Aldershot to Toronto - 10:06 am to 11:15 am
Toronto to Aldershot - 3:17 pm to 4:26 pm

🔴 Barrie South (GO Train)
Barrie to Toronto - 9:10 am to 10:49 am
Toronto to Barrie - 3:53 pm to 5:31 pm

🔴 Brampton (GO Train)
Brampton to Toronto - 10:52 am to 11:35 am
Toronto to Brampton - 3:34 pm to 4:19 pm

🔴 Guelph (GO Train)
Guelph to Toronto - 8:55 am to 10:15 am
Toronto to Guelph - 3:34 pm to 5:05 pm

🔵 Kingston (VIA Rail)
First group
Kingston to Toronto - 9:34 am to 12:03 pm
Toronto to Kingston - 3:23 pm to 5:40 pm

Second group
Kingston to Toronto - 7:21 am to 10:02 am
Toronto to Kingston - 3:38 pm to 5:54 pm

🔴 Kitchener (GO Train)
Kitchener to Toronto - 8:36 am to 10:15 am
Toronto to Kitchener - 3:34 pm to 5:26 pm

🔵 London (VIA Rail)
London to Toronto - 7:35 am to 10:10 am
Toronto to London - 4:15 pm to 6:27 pm

🔴 Mississauga (Port Credit GO Train)
Mississauga to Toronto - 10:44 am to 11:15 am
Toronto to Mississauga - 3:17 pm to 3:45 pm

🔴 Niagara (GO Train)
Niagara to Toronto - 6:37 am to 9:04 am
Toronto to Niagara - 5:00 pm to 7:31 pm

🔴 Oakville (GO Train)
Oakville to Toronto - 11:01 am to 11:45 am
Toronto to Oakville - 3:17 pm to 3:59 pm

🔴 Oshawa (GO Train)
Oshawa to Toronto - 10:09 am to 11:12 am
Toronto to Oshawa - 3:20 pm to 4:23 pm

🔵 Ottawa (VIA Rail)
Ottawa to Toronto - 5:21 am to 10:02 am
Toronto to Ottawa - 3:38 pm to 8:00 pm

🔵 Windsor (VIA Rail)
Windsor to Toronto - 5:35 am to 10:10 am
Toronto to Windsor - 5:22 pm to 9:50 pm

🔵 Woodstock (VIA Rail)
Woodstock to Toronto - 6:55 am to 8:35 am
Toronto to Woodstock - 5:22 pm to 7:04 pm

Please register by Wed, May 20 at this link: https://forms.gle/G5CuTp2qM3mT7itZ7

PLS DO NOT CANCEL: once you have filled in and submitted your registration, please do not cancel because it is expensive if you do. We have to pay for every ticket whether or not registrants show up. If there truly is a crisis and you must cancel, please email us at [email protected] with the subject line CANCEL. Please do not cancel the night before or morning of the protest, leaving us unable to fill your seat.

ACCESSIBILITY: There are accessibility accommodations on VIA Rail and GO Transit. Please contact your station of departure and Union Station in Toronto if you need to plan for accommodations. VIA Rail and GO Transit need to know in advance. We do not have the staff capacity to manage accommodations.

* VIA Rail info is here: https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan/accessibility
* GO Transit info is here: https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/accessibility
* More details on GO Transit accessibility are here: https://www.gotransit.com/en/travelling-on-go/accessibility/accessible-vehicles-and-stations?fbclid=IwY2xjawR5d3lleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETF4OWUwaWp6Vzl2WERBYTVlc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHuvla0wdnnpMPmM4pINHXK6hvWxeNEmXbHzYWD3lU5CDS0wN7JCC8vL-rYx0_aem_rV1umU3g8bHIIxRdKlCx2A

Please register by Wed, May 20 at this link: https://forms.gle/G5CuTp2qM3mT7itZ7

25/05/2026

NEW: You can still get on a train to the giant march & rally at Queen's Park. Please sign up to reserve a seat now: https://forms.gle/G5CuTp2qM3mT7itZ7

Instead of using it to restore and improve our public hospitals that have been pushed into deficits, the Ford government is redirecting more than a billion dollars per year in public funding to for-profit corporations to privatize our health care.

Ontario hospitals & long-term care homes pay for-profit staffing agencies nearly $1 billion per year for nurses & PSWs. The Ford government announced nearly $3OO million for 61 new private surgical & diagnostic clinics on top of previous $27 million annual funding increases.

THURSDAY, MAY 28: at 12 pm noon, we will gather outside Union Station for a rally then march to Queen's Park for a giant protest outside the Ontario Legislature. Groups will be joining in along the way.

31/03/2026

20/02/2025

16/02/2025

The Ford government spent more than $1O3.5 million in public money on advertising in the last year. That’s the highest amount ever, reports Ontario’s Auditor General, and most of their ad campaigns were to promote themselves. Look at the actual record: a million Ontarians have lost their family doctors. Please consider public health care when you vote or we are going to lose it.
Find all the data and sources at www.StopForProfitHealthCare.ca

15/02/2025

The Ford govt is privatizing our public health care system. It is false to claim they are not. Please, consider public health care when you vote or we are going to lose it.
They have tried to downplay the extent to which they are privatizing, using code words like “alternative”, “independent” or “community” health care facilities instead of referring to them as private for-profit facilities, angrily denouncing claims that they are privatizing, and even outright denying it.
🔴 FACT 1:
In Jan 2023, the Ford govt announced their plan to reroute 14,000 cataract surgeries away from our public hospitals and move them to private
for-profit clinics.
Since then, they have announced expansions to their privatization plan to include MRIs/CT scans, gastrointestinal endoscopies, and orthopedic surgeries.
⚫ FACT 2:
The Ford govt is:
- Funding private hospitals twice as much per surgery
- Shunting funding increases of up to 300% to for-profit hospitals and clinics
- Doing nothing to stop for-profit staffing agencies from charging public hospitals up to three times more for staff.
In other words, they are taking public funding and staff from public hospitals to pay for procedures in private for-profit facilities.
🔴 FACT 3:
At the same time, the Ford govt imposed real dollar cuts on public hospitals right up until the final weeks of the 2023-24 budget year, pushing them into service closures and deficits.
⚫ FACT 4:
They are also doing nothing to stop for-profit clinics from privatizing who pays for care, allowing the clinics to extra-bill patients on top of OHIP and charge direct user fees to patients which is unlawful.
Get the full myth buster here: https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/myth-buster-10-big-myths-about-health-care-privatization/?fbclid=IwY2xjawIcmxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHRHYOUxn2UB3wlYCBTMgheoHsNdYq4lVBF1renkJMGDbcVTem3_4XhQysA_aem_0U8BYEJ8TTldta6mNwSZdw

07/11/2024

Happening this evening! A free viewing of the short documentary A Human Picture, about ON’s short-lived but transformational Basic Income Pilot. The session will also include presentations and discussions with local experts about this important topic. https://calendar.wpl.ca/event/11998737

07/11/2024

Join us on Friday at Milton District Hospital (9-10 a.m.) & Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.) as we fight to save public healthcare and stop the privatization of our hospitals