- WHO:
- Maude Barlow (Chair, Council of Canadians)
Dr. Gordon Guyatt (co-author of a recent study showing that treatment in U.S. for-profit hospitals results in a higher mortality rate than in non-profit hospitals)
Michael Hurley (President, Ontario Coalition of Hospital Unions/CUPE)
Natalie Mehra (Coordinator, Ontario Health Coalition) - WHAT:
- A public meeting in Cornwall to talk about the alarming trend toward for-profit health care in Canada.
The public meeting in Cornwall is part of a 22-city speaking tour across Ontario (see tour schedule on the following page). The speakers 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. - WHEN:
- Tuesday, October 8th, 2002 – 7:00 p.m.
- WHERE:
- Ramada Inn and Conference Centre
805 Brookdale Avenue
Cornwall
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
- 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
For further information, please contact:
Andrea Addario, CUPE Communications
416-292-3999, ext. 240 or 416-738-4329 (cell)
Guy Caron, Media Officer, Council of Canadians, (for Maude Barlow)
613-795-8685
Natalie Mehra, Coordinator, Ontario Health Coalition
416-230-6402 (cell) – [in Cornwall]
Michael Hurley, President, OCHU/CUPE
416-884-0770 (cell) – [in Cornwall]
Alison Fisher, OCHU/CUPE Campaigns
416-599-0770, ext. 22