NORTH BAY, ON – Universal health care supporters coming to several northern Ontario communities, including Sudbury will hold a rally and make a special mail delivery to Conservative MP Jay Aspin’s North Bay office tomorrow (March 31), the national day of action to save public health care.
It’s been a year since Aspin’s Conservative government killed the Health Accord with the provinces. Since then, under a new plan for federal health funding Ontario has seen a $319 million funding drop.
With a public health care system that is already dangerously overstretched, the federal Conservative’s plan an estimated $36 billion in cuts over a ten year span. This will mean longer wait times and less care for patients.
Under the new scheme Ontario will get $13.95 billion less for health services over the next ten years. That’s equal to 3,475 fewer hospital beds, or 23,253 fewer registered practical nurses (RPNs) every year for ten years.
Residents of Nipissing-Timiskaming would see $94 million less in health funding. This is equal to a loss of 144 RPN staff, or 23 hospital beds or 150 long-term care beds every year for the next ten years.
Rally to save our health care system
WHO: Universal health care supporters, Council of Canadians, Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12 noon -1 p.m.
WHERE: Jay Aspin’s office, 133 Main Street West, North Bay
Media are invited to attend.
For more information please contact:
Stella Yeadon
CUPE Communications
416-559-9300
saveourhealthcare.ca