Wednesday, May 14th (See details for Bus Rides to Queen’s Park Below)
A Call-Out from the Niagara Chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition, a citizen’s organization dedicated to protecting
Posted May 7th, 2025 on Niagara At Large
The goal is to pour on as much pressure as we can inside the Legislature to get the Ford government to finally take action to stop the closures & cuts to our local hospitals’ vital services.
Everyone is invited to please come out if you can to make a strong show of solidarity and support. It will be a super interesting and fun day, and it will be felt and seen by the government.
We will be welcomed from the floor of the Legislature, hold a press conference inside the Main Legislative Building, join Question Period, hold meetings with politicians and their staff, and do a visible action at the top of hospital row.
Communities with major service closures will be bringing in as many people as possible. (e.g.. emergency department closures, all inpatient beds closed, entire hospitals under threat of closure, closure to all inpatient acute care services etc.) We are asking all of our members and supporters to come out and join to make a show of strength and really pour on the pressure to stop these vital service closures and cuts.
Wednesday, May 14 Itinerary
- 6:30 am Sharp: Departure from the Vale Centre in Port Colborne: Pick up in St. Catharines/Welland location ( to be determined)
- 9 – 9:30 a.m. Arrive at Queen’s Park – go through security
- 9:30 – 10 a.m. Briefing in Committee Room 351, start to go through security to fill the Public Galleries in the Legislature
- 10 a.m. Members’ Statements in Queen’s Park – we will be up in the Galleries where we will be recognized, Jeff Burch will read the Niagara petitions
- 10:30 a.m. Question Period – we will watch the Premier, Health Minister and/or other MPPs answer questions about the issues from the Galleries in the Legislature
- 11:45/12 p.m. Lunch & meetings with politicians and their staff
- 12:45 p.m. Press conference in the media studio of the Legislature- with the local communities impacted speaking, everyone who comes will be able to watch in the media studio
- 1:15 p.m. 1:45 p.m. Visible action at the corner of University & College at the top of “Hospital Row”
We will be finished and ready to leave between 1:45 and 2 p.m.
For anyone who is planning to attend on the bus , you must reserve your seat and send us your name, town, email and phone number. WE NEED THIS INFORMATION by Sunday because we have a busload of people and Queen’s Park security need it.
It is critically important! RSVP as soon as possible by emailing niagarahealthcoalition@yahoo.ca or text/call 905-932-1646
If you can’t come but are going to watch on the Legislative Assembly website, please also let us know but specify (joining virtually) and we will send you the links to the livestream of Question Period and the press conference. If you send us your name and town we will arrange to have your virtual presence recognized also. (nfo@ontariohc.ca)
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