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2005 Events, Reports and Media Releases


  • Toronto Star Editorial
    Public health care cheapest and best
             HTML         PDF        (December 22, 2005)

  • Mental Health Conference Reports:
    Building Links for Better Mental Health
    Thunder Bay Final Report:
      HTML    PDF    (December 19, 2005)
    North Bay Final Report:
      HTML    PDF    (December 13, 2005)
    North Bay Media Release:
    Politicians, media invited to "Walk a Mile in My Shoes"
        HTML    PDF    (December 13, 2005)
    North Bay Plan of Action:   
    HTML    PDF     (November 3, 2004)


  • Summer 2005 edition of  The Pulse.
    This issue includes commentary on the Supreme Court Decision, the McGuinty government's P3 agenda and news of OHC Campaigns in Toronto, St. Catharines, etc.
               PDF Format     WordPerfect Format


  • MEDIA RELEASE:
    97% of 7,396 People Vote to Keep Woodstock's Hospital 100% Public:
      HTML    PDF     (November 27 2005)


  • MEDIA RELEASE:
    97% of 8,824 People Vote to Keep North Bay s Hospital 100% public
      HTML    PDF     (November 21 2005)


  • Hospital Plebiscites
    Information about our community votes on keeping our hospitals fully public.
  • Woodstock & Oxford County (Saturday, November 26)
  • Hamilton  (Saturday, December 10)


  • Sign Campaign Resource
             HTML site        (November 23, 2005)


  • Health Action Assembly 2005:
    Updates, information and our priorities for the next year. Held October 29th 2005


  • Conference on Hospital Reform
    From Good to Better: Revisioning Hospitals As a Vital Part of the Public Health System. Held Oct 30, 2005


  • InformationWarning: The P3s are Coming!
    Keep Our Hospitals 100% Public Public Forums Tour featuring: Murray Dobbin
    OHC Action Update     October 15 2005


  • Health Action Assembly 2005:
    Help set the OHC's strategy for the year. Updates, information and setting of our priorities for the next year. All welcome - Saturday October 29th, 9am-4pm at Metro Hall, 55 John St., Toronto.
    Registration form



  • Media Release:
    $3.3 Billion in Hospital Projects Privatized By McGuinty Government:
    Health Coalition Releases "Truth Serum" Report and Action Plan
    PDF Media Release
    HTML Media Release
    "Truth Serum" Report: PDF version


  • Link to British health coalition
    Website of the British organization, HEALTH EMERGENCY , a pressure group in defence of the English National Health Service
                    HTML link       August 13, 2005


  • Health Coalition Releases "Truth Serum" Report and Action Plan
    $3.3 Billion in Hospital Projects Privatized By McGuinty Government:

    Media Release
    PDF                    

    "Truth Serum" Report:
    PDF     (August 26, 2005)


  • Hamilton initiates
    No P3s Referendum Campaign

    Check out the Hamilton No P3s campaign website.
                    HTML link       August 13, 2005

  •    LARGE TURNOUT!
    98% Vote to Keep Hospital Public

    98% Vote to Keep Hospital Public in First Plebiscite to Stop P3 Hospitals:
    More than 12,400 Vote in St. Catharines
                       PDF Media Release
                       HTML Media Release


  • Summer 2005 edition of  The Pulse.
    This issue includes commentary on the Supreme Court Decision, the McGuinty government's P3 agenda and news of OHC Campaigns in Toronto, St. Catharines, etc.
               PDF Format     WordPerfect Format


  • URGENT UPDATE
    The Supreme Court Ruling on Private Health Care

    Chaoulli v. Attorney General of Quebec: What the Supreme Court Really Said By Steven Shrybman, Sack Goldblatt Mitchell
    and
    Two-Tier Health Systems: A Quick Glance Around the World
                        HTML link           (June 15, 2005)


  • URGENT ACTION
    ALERT,EVENTS LISTING

    Cross-province campaigns and events are gearing up on P3 hospitals local campaigns, LHINs regional planning, Long Term Care and Health Restructuring.
                             HTML link     (June 9, 2005)


  • New Leaflet:
    Toronto No P3s Campaign
        (May 30, 2005)
                           PDF version


  • New FactSheet on P3s:
    Premier McGuinty is breaking his promises.
           HTML version       PDF version
                       RTF version

  • New Report!
    100 P3s: flawed, failed, abandoned
    Billions in Public Taxes Risked by P3 Hospital Privatization
    Media Release
                    HTML version       PDF version
    Full Report
                                     PDF version

  •    Media Release:
    Up to 23 New Hospitals to Be Privatized Under Government's 5-Year Infrastructure Plan: Coalition Launches Major Plebiscite to Keep Hospitals Public     
                        (May 25, 2005)
                           PDF version


  •    Media Release:
    Budget Announcement Outlines Wholesale Hospital Privatization: Health Coalition Outraged at Betrayal       (May 11, 2005)
                           PDF version


  • Spring 2005 edition of The Pulse.

  • OHC Report on Homecare
    Market Competition in Ontario's Homecare System: Lessons and Consequences  
    Media Release
       HTML version
          PDF version
    Report Summary
                  HTML version      PDF version
    Full Report
                    HTML version      PDF version

  • Upcoming Events:
    Townhalls throughout Ontario on P3s, LHINs, hospital cuts and other issues.
                             HTML link

  • Media Release
    MRI - CT In-Hospital Investment Applauded by Ontario Health Coalition        (February 4, 2005)
                             HTML link


  • Media Release:
    Hospital Announcement Largely to Cover Severance:    Process Terrible for Patients                                             (January 17, 2005)
                         HTML version        PDF version


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