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Business Wire
2 days ago
- Health
- Business Wire
CORRECTING and REPLACING Majority of Ontarians Want Provincial Government to Prioritize Spending on Public Hospitals Than Private Clinics: New Poll
TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The media conference time should be 10:00 am instead of 9:30 am. The updated release reads: MAJORITY OF ONTARIANS WANT PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE SPENDING ON PUBLIC HOSPITALS THAN PRIVATE CLINICS: NEW POLL OCHU-CUPE media conference at 10:00 am on Monday to release full findings of new Nanos poll on privatization Just over 10 days after the recent Ontario budget allocated $280 million for expansion of surgeries and diagnostic tests in private clinics while restraining hospital funding, a new poll shows that 73 per cent of Ontarians 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. The poll was commissioned by CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), which will be releasing a supplementary report on privatization at a media conference at Queen's Park on Monday morning. :gv/cope491
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Majority of Ontarians Want Provincial Government to Prioritize Spending on Public Hospitals Than Private Clinics: New Poll
OCHU-CUPE media conference at 9:30am on Monday to release full findings of new Nanos poll on privatization TORONTO, June 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Just over 10 days after the recent Ontario budget allocated $280 million for expansion of surgeries and diagnostic tests in private clinics while restraining hospital funding, a new poll shows that 73 per cent of Ontarians 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. The poll was commissioned by CUPE's Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), which will be releasing a supplementary report on privatization at a media conference at Queen's Park on Monday morning. 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: Queen's Park Media Studio, 110 Wellesley St. W, Toronto When: 9:30am on Monday, June 9 :gv/cope491 View source version on Contacts For more information, contact: Zee NoorsumarCUPE Communicationsznoorsumar@ 647-995-9859
