FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO – On Friday morning, Doug Ford and the Ontario PC MPPs will have to confront a visitor at Queen’s Park they would rather ignore – a giant 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will be parked in front of the legislative assembly, symbolizing the “hidden threat of their plans to privatize hospital surgeries.”
As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are launching their campaign at Queen’s Park: calling for an end to ongoing privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests, and demanding the government invest significantly in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.
Who: Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, and the members of the two organizations
What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services
Where: Queen’s Park front lawn, 111 Wellesley St. West, Toronto
When: 11:30 a.m. on Friday, October 4
For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859
