MEDIA ADVISORY: 78 per cent of people in Western Ontario want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals instead of private clinics: new poll

Event Information

Begins: 13 June 2025
Location: Kitchener, ON

OCHU-CUPE media conference on Friday to release full findings of new Nanos poll on privatization and the effects on residents of Waterloo

KITCHENER, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– Conducted soon after the recent Ontario budget allocated $280 million for expansion of private clinics, a new poll shows that 78 per cent of people in Western Ontario want the government to prioritize investments in public health care.

The Nanos poll conducted in May surveyed over a thousand Ontarians about privatization of hospital services and their perception about staffing in public hospitals, including a representative sample from the Western region of the province.

The poll was commissioned by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), which will be releasing a supplementary report on privatization on Friday.

The union will also be showing a map of Waterloo Region based on the Ontario Marginalization Index as a visual representation of the inequitable access to privatized hospital services.

WHO:
Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and Doug Allan, CUPE Researcher

WHAT:
Media conference to release polling and report on privatization of hospital services

WHERE:
Grand River Stanley Park Library – 175 Indian Road, Kitchener, ON

WHEN:
2 p.m. on Friday, June 13

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For more information, contact:

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