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Health care is an investment that builds the economy, not just a line-item expense. More than 2.1 million people work in hospitals, ambulatory services and residential care in Canada. We often hear about the costs of health care, but what about if we thought of public health care as an investment? Join Canadian Health Coalition’s...
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press May 14, 2026 Posted on CTV News Ontario’s new and more restrictive freedom-of-information laws have quashed another request, this time for documents that may have given a glimpse into potential hospital cuts. More than 70 per cent of Ontario hospitals are forecasting deficits, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones has told them to come up with three-year...
Alberta’s government asked media to edit or delete our story on Edmonton EMS overtime. We filed access to information requests and fact-checked them instead. Stats cited by Danielle Smith’s office to kill story on EMS overtime contradicted by government’s own data By Brett McKay, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter April 15 2026 Last summer, an IJF investigation revealed...
Ontario Health Coalition 22 Jan 2026 Pro-privatization groups, some of which are funded by or linked to right-wing American organizations and corporate interests, have turned to making false claims about two-tier European health care systems in their push to privatize. This tactic is an attempt to divert attention from the American health care system that the Canadian public generally...
Ontario Health Coalition 22 Jan 2026 In the context of Ontario’s public health care system under unprecedented stress, following years of austerity budgets and a global pandemic, powerful organizations have ramped up efforts to push for privatization. Right-wing think tank push for privatized two-tier health care in Canada, among other policies. They have aggressively pushed for the...
