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Giant Trojan Horse to Visit The Ottawa Hospital on Thursday: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition Call for Ending Privatization of Hospital Surgeries

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Thursday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus, 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:

 

Michael Hurley, president of OCHU-CUPE

 

 

Sharon Richer, secretary-treasurer of OCHU-CUPE

 

 

Kevin Skerrett, representative of the Ottawa Health Coalition

 

 

Suzanne Pinel-Asselin, francophone vice-president of OCHU-CUPE

 

 

 

What:

 

Protest against the privatization of hospital services

 

 

 

Where:

 

The Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Dr., Ottawa, ON

 

 

 

When:

 

9:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 31

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Contacts

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

Industry:

Canadian Union of Public Employees

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Contacts

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

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