By Glenn Hendry, INsauga News
Published March 12, 2026
Health coalitions are rallying at Liberal MPs offices across the country Monday to protest U.S.-style private care reforms being pushed by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford.
Durham Health Coalition, which is organizing a rally outside Ajax MP Jennifer McKelvie’s office on Old Kingston Road at noon on Monday, is calling on Ottawa and the Liberal MPS to “stand up” to Smith and Ford, enforce the Canada Health Act and “save lives.”
The nationwide Day of Action warns public health care for all in Canada is under “unprecedented threat” and have invited MPs to support the fight against privatization in health care and bring the issue back to caucus as a “priority.”
A press release from the Durham Health Coalition points to Smith’s government in Albert passing laws to end universal health care and bring in private clinics, while Ford is “cutting, closing and privatizing our public hospitals.”
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