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A cross-province campaign against for-profit health care will stop in Windsor on Monday, October 21st. A series of events are planned that will address the implications of for-profit health care, and will provide strategies on how to support the fight to save and expand Medicare in Canada.

Press Conference
Who:
- Maude Barlow (Chair, Council of Canadians)
- Michael Hurley (President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE)
- Natalie Mehra (Coordinator, Ontario Health Coalition)

When:
Monday, October 21st, 2002 1:00 p.m.

Where:
Club Alouette, 2418 Central Avenue, Windsor

Rally for Registered Practical Nurses at Windsor Regional Hospital
Who:
- Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) from Windsor Regional Hospital, who are facing lay-off as a result of the hospital boards recent decision to remove them from acute care
- Maude Barlow (Chair, Council of Canadians)
- Michael Hurley (President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE)

When:
Monday, October 21st, 2002 6:00 p.m.

Where:
Metropolitan Campus, Windsor Regional Hospital, 1995 Lens Avenue
Public Meeting/Speakers Tour
Who:
- Maude Barlow (Chair, Council of Canadians)
- Michael Hurley (President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE)
- Natalie Mehra (Coordinator, Ontario Health Coalition)

When:
Monday, October 21st, 2002 7:00 p.m.

Where:
Club Alouette, 2418 Central Avenue, Windsor

What:
A public meeting to talk about the alarming trend toward for-profit health care in Canada. The public meeting in Windsor is part of a 23-city speaking tour across Ontario (see complete tour schedule below).



Complete tour schedule follows:
  • Sioux Lookout, September 30
  • Kenora, October 1
  • Thunder Bay, October 2
  • London, October 3
  • Kingston, October 7
  • Cornwall, October 8
  • Oshawa, October 9
  • Peterborough, October 10
  • Brampton, October 15
  • Lindsey, October 16
  • Cambridge, October 17
  • Windsor, October 21
  • Guelph, October 22
  • Hamilton, October 23
  • Uxbridge, October 28
  • Arnprior, October 30
  • Brockville, November 4
  • Ottawa, November 5
  • Pembroke, November 6
  • Sudbury, November 12
  • St. Catharines, November 13
  • North Bay, December 9
  • Toronto, December 10
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For further information, please contact:
Perina Debeillis or Gerri Carey, CUPE 1132
(519) 258-9444 [in Windsor]
Guy Caron, Media Officer, Council of Canadians, (for Maude Barlow)
613-795-8685
Natalie Mehra, Coordinator, Ontario Health Coalition
416-230-6402 (cell) [in Windsor]
Michael Hurley, President OCHU/CUPE
416-884-0770 (cell) [in Windsor]
Andrea Addario, CUPE Communications
416-292-3999, ext. 240 or 416-738-4329 (cell)
Alison Fisher OCHU/CUPE Campaigns
416-599-0770, ext. 22