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The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ontario Council of Hospital Unions August 14, 2026 OTTAWA – Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE). Citing the latest data, Pushed over the brink: the...
Privatized healthcare reduces what should be a shared social risk to an individual burden, writes Sara Black McCulloch. July 3, 2026 By Sara Black McCulloch, Contributor Toronto Star In the American imagination, Canada’s medical system is aspirational. But people living in Canada know the distance from that pedestal to the floor. Our lived experiences have grounded those expectations. The...
Featuring: Expert speakers from Statistics Canada & the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), political researchers, corporate researchers, health policy researchers, journalists and authors, & more Posted by the Ontario Health Coalition Posted on June 2, 20206 When: 9AM-5PM, June 25, 2026 Where: Live on Zoom Cost: $100 (Full day access + conference materials)...
By Spencer Van Dyk CTV News Published: June 02, 2026 With concerns about long wait times and staffing shortages, more than nine in 10 Canadians want to see widespread health-care system changes, according to a new survey by Nanos Research for the consulting firm Santis Health. According to Nanos Research, key findings from the survey include 91 per cent of respondents saying the...
Majority of Ontario hospitals are also forecasting budget deficits, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Tina Yazdani May 11, 2026 The Trillium The Ford government says it is addressing capacity pressures inside hospitals, even as a new report finds a dramatic increase in emergency department wait times is putting patients at risk. The new research...
Danyaal Raza, MD Broadbent Institute Progress Summit March 5 2026 Canadians often talk about universal health care as a defining feature of our nation – something that fundamentally differentiates us from our neighbours south of the border. Across Canada, however, the foundations of universal health care have eroded under a combination of underfunding, privatization, and policy choices...
March 18, 2026 Ontario Health Coalition On Monday March 16, people across Canada rallied outside the offices of their local Liberal Members of Parliament in a nationwide Day of Action to warn that public health care for all in Canada is under unprecedented threat and to call on the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act. We held seven events in Ontario in Ajax, Hamilton,...
Haylee Keyes, Canadian Health Coalition March 16, 2026 Across the country, Canadians are coming together to urge the federal government to enforce the Canada Health Act and stand up against Alberta’s two-tier health care law. Whether you are hearing about this for the first time or have been following along, there is something you can do right now. Today we are asking everyone...
