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Giant Trojan Horse to visit Perley Health in Ottawa tomorrow: OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition call for ending privatization of hospital surgeries

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On Friday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Perley Health in Ottawa, 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

 

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

 

What:

Protest against the privatization of hospital services

 

Where:

Perley Health, 1750 Russell Rd., Ottawa, ON

 

When:

11:30 a.m. on Friday, November 1

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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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English

Contacts

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

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