Category: Government Bills
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Guest Blog: Ontario: Where Canadian Medicare Comes to Die
Guest blog by Ken Robertson Past and present governments’ lack of commitment to protect our public health care system has led to Bill 60, which allows private-for-profit clinics to provide selected medical procedures and services. While not quite as brazen as the 1995 Conservative government, whose Education Minister, Brian Snobelen said “In order to change…
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Simcoe County Health Coalition Submission to the Ontario Standing Committee on Social Policy Regarding Bill 60
Honourable members of the Standing Committee on Social Policy, The Simcoe County Health Coalition expresses profound disagreement with the government’s plan to close public hospital services and expand private clinics. The use of private clinics as a way to solve our current healthcare crisis is simply not supported by evidence. In fact, there is a…
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