June 10, 2013 Hon. Deborah Matthews Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 10th Floor, Hepburn Block 80 Grosvenor Street Toronto, Ontario M7A 2C4 Open letter re: Sisters of Providence and the Kingston P3 Minister Matthews, I am writing…
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Government Misrepresents the Sisters of Providence to Justify P3-Privatization of Hospital Funding
The Kingston Health Coalition challenges the Government’s unethical use of the Sisters of Providence to justify a for-profit P3 hospital in Kingston. On April 26, in the provincial legislature, in response to a question asking if the province will “listen…
Crisis in the UK – A conversation with Dr. John Lister about Kingston’s new P3 hospital.
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Did Mayor Gerretsen Make-Up a Quote from Ontario’s Auditor in Speech to City Council?
Dear Mayor Gerrestsen, At the April 11 Kingston City Council meeting you stated, in your comments to Council, that you had read the Ontario’s Auditor General’s reports on the Brampton Civic Hospital and that the Auditor said, indicating a direct quote,…
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9,885 People Vote in Kingston Hospital Referendum: 96% Support Public Non-Profit Hospital
Kingston - On Saturday April 13, 9,885 people voted at 55 polling stations spread from Sharbot Lake to Gananoque to Amhertsview in a community referendum on whether the region’s new hospital should be a public non-profit hospital or a P3…
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Coalition “disappointed” as Kingston Mayor breaks tie vote on new hospital, tipping balance in favour of P3 privatization
Dear Mayor Gerretsen and Deputy Mayor Hector, We appreciate that you both took the time to attend Keep Our Hospitals Public events and took the time to look at the written information that we provided to Council. We feel it is…
Thousands of Kingston residents expected to vote as hundreds of volunteers staff voting stations across Kingston
Coalition “disappointed” as Kingston Mayor breaks tie vote on new hospital, tipping balance in favour of P3 privatization Kingston , Ontario – Final preparations are underway for a community-wide vote to be held tomorrow in Kingston where, weather permitting, the…
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Lunch Briefing with Dr. John Lister March 27th @ 12 Noon
Lunch Briefing at 12 o’clock noon this Wednesday, March 27 with Dr. John Lister Professor in the Departments of Journalism and Health Policy and the University of Coventry, author of Health Policy Reform: Driving the Wrong Way, a critical global review of…
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Patients Cut Ribbon to Open the ‘Keep Our Hospitals Public’ Campaign Office
Kingston –Today, current and former patients of St. Mary’s hospital cut the ribbon to officially open the ‘Keep Our Hospitals Public’ campaign office. The office will be the focal point of a four week community discussion on whether Kingston’s…
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Office Opening – Monday March 18th, 12:00p
Monday, March 18, 12 noon ‘Keep Our Hospitals Public’ Campaign Office Opening 303 Bagot Street (beside the main Bagot Street Entrance in Lasalle Mews) · A bagpiper will announce the opening. · Patients and former patients of St. Mary’s will…
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