Giant Trojan Horse to visit Barrie City Hall tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Giant Trojan Horse to visit Barrie City Hall tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

Barrie, ON – On Wednesday afternoon, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Barrie City Hall, 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

              Anisa Carrascal, representative of Simcoe County Health Coalition

What:   Protest against the privatization of hospital services

Where: Barrie City Hall, 70 Collier St, Barrie, ON

When:  1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27

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For more information, contact:

Zaid Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859