FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
London, ON – Conducted soon after the recent Ontario budget allocated $280 million for expansion of private clinics, a new poll shows that 79 per cent of people in Southwestern Ontario want the government to prioritize investments in public health care.
The Nanos poll conducted in May surveyed over a thousand Ontarians about privatization of hospital services and their perception about staffing in public hospitals, including a representative sample from the Southwestern region.
The poll was commissioned by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), which will be releasing a supplementary report on privatization on Friday.
The union will also be showing a colour-coded map of London based on the Ontario Marginalization Index as a visual representation of the inequitable access to privatized hospital services.
Who: Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and Doug Allan, CUPE Researcher
What: Media conference to release polling and report on privatization of hospital services
Where: London Public Library – 251 Dundas Street, London, ON
When: 10 a.m. on Friday, June 13
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For more information, contact:
Zee Noorsumar
CUPE Communications
647-995-9859
