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The predictable consequence to the gaps in our health funding? Private spending keeps growing faster than public Aug. 17, 2026 Toronto Star By Danyaal Raza, Contributor Dr. Danyaal Raza is an associate professor at the University of Toronto and a family doctor at St. Michael’s Hospital. Every budget cycle, we hear the same warning: public health-care spending is...
Keeping Patients at Home Saves Millions—Why Make It So Hard? Jim McEwen DurhamPost.ca August 10, 2026 In 2010 at the young age of 55, I experienced a disabling stroke and at no fault of my own, forcing me into early retirement! Partial recovery has been very limited but I’m able to live at home with help of morning Personal Support Workers (PSWs) for bathing and dressing. I only...
Ford ‘government continues to starve the public system while expanding the costly private for-profit system,’ says Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas BarrieToday.com Village Media Aug 6, 2026 12:00 PM Pointing to a report released last week by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas is calling on the provincial government to stop...
Haylee Keyes National Director of Development and Community Engagement Canadian Health Coalition July 16 2026 A coalition of pro-privatization think tanks recently took out a digital ad in The Hill Times. They publicly thanked Prime Minister Mark Carney for staying silent while Alberta dismantles public health care. These think tanks are connected to the Atlas Network, an American dark...
Posted: May 28, 2026 By: Marney Carmichael Thousands of Ontario Health Coalition members and supporters marched Thursday to protest Premier Doug Ford’s hospital privatization and demand that the government return the funding to public hospitals. They say more than 5,000 people marched on Queen’s Park, in a fight to protect health care from policies they say would devastate health care...
Andrew Longhurst Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives May 11, 2026 Summary The deepening Ontario hospital funding crisis is harming patients and communities. New analysis of Ontario’s 136 hospitals shows that the majority of hospitals had operating deficits over the last three years. In 2024-25, 55 per cent of hospitals had deficits. Geographical analysis of hospital deficits...
Australia’s universal drug plan highlights the gaps — and costs — of Canada’s patchwork approach to drug coverage by Alexandra Keeler April 10, 2026 Canadian Affairs Canada is the only high-income country with universal health-care coverage that does not have a program for universal drug coverage. In Canada, drugs dispensed during a hospital stay are covered. But outside of...
April 10 2026 Waterloo Region Health Coalition This is the first in a series of protests across Ontario to send a clear message that we will not let them privatize our public hospitals. Experience shows, if we can mount enough pressure we can stop Ford’s privatization. Our goal is to inspire 10,000 Ontarians to come out. Let’s make a show of opposition commensurate with the...
