FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 22, 2024
Giant Trojan Horse to visit Chapleau Health Services on Thursday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Chapleau, ON – On Thursday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Chapleau Health Services symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”

As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to ongoing privatization of hospital surgeries and diagnostic tests, and demanding the government invest in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.

Who: Kevin Cook, first vice president of OCHU/CUPE
Dave Tremblay, regional vice president of OCHU/CUPE
Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, francophone vice-president of OCHU/CUPE

What: Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Chapleau Health Services, 2 Broomhead Rd., Chapleau, ON

When: 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 24

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For more information, contact:
Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859