Hospital workers are scheduled to protest at Perth Wellington MPP Matthew Rae’s constituency office in Stratford today (Monday).
Michael Hurley, present of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, says the provincial government have underfunded and starved the public system and are using privatization as a solution.
Hurley says privatization has longer waiting lists and costs twice as much, with more hospital beds a viable solution.
The union says a recent Ontario Health Coalition report found private clinics are illegally billing patients up to $8,000 for medically necessary services, a violation of the Canada Health Act.
The Stratford rally is just one of a number being held across Ontario.
The rally was expected to begin at 11:30 a.m.
