MEDIA ADVISORY: Trojan Horse to visit Ontario Conservatives at Queen’s Park, as OCHU-CUPE and the Ontario Health Coalition demand end to privatization of hospital services

Event Information

Begins: 8 October 2024
Location: Cobourg, ON

COBOURG, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– On Tuesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Northumberland Hills Hospital in Cobourg, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.”

As part of their province-wide tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are using the Trojan Horse to represent the threat of privatization. The two organizations are calling for an end to the government’s privatization of hospital surgeries, and demanding investment in staffing and capacity in public hospitals.

WHO:
Sharon Richer, secretary-treasurer of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, and members of the two organizations

WHAT:
Protest against the privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Northumberland Hills Hospital, 1000 Depalma Dr, Cobourg, ON

WHEN:
11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 8

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For more information, contact:

Zaid Noorsumar, CUPE Communications
znoorsumar@cupe.ca
647-995-9859