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2004
MAY:
Provincial budget shows some important rebuilding also some serious flaws: OHC
2003
DECEMBER:
NOVEMBER:
Health Canada Proposal Threatens Right to Health Protection
OCTOBER:
Plan for user fee at St. Mary's put on hold
Health Council now appears pointless
SEPTEMBER:
Health Watchdog Slams Eves on Privatization
NDP candidate runs to restore public service
Brampton hospital fuelling hot debate
AUGUST:
Hospital germs kill thousands, research
finds
JULY:
JUNE:
MAY:
Government of Canada provides income relief to SARS affected health care workers
Throne Speech - What’s Missing Speaks Volumes Ontario Health Coalition
Liberals will let ROH expansion 'go ahead' McGuinty wants hospitals to stay in public hands
Brand-name Giants' Hold On Federal Liberals Comes Under Competition Bureau Scrutiny
APRIL:
Profits and hospitals don't mix
Muzzles firmly in place over hospital plans
MPs to probe drug rule that limits competition
Kingston Health Coalition Outraged at Closure of the VON
MARCH:
Ontario Groups Campaign Against Health Privatization
Ontario Tories will Finance Their Tax Cuts with Federal Health Care Monies
Coalition Casts Doubt on Clement’s MRI Numbers –Calls them “Unbelievable”
FEBRUARY:
Eves Guilty of Hidden Money, Misspending - OHC
Signs Point to New Deal on Health Care
JANUARY:
A Call to Action - Ontario Health Coalition
POLLARA National Opinion Survey on Accountability in Health Care
Donations Explain Rush to Private Hospitals
Eves Government Supports New Supportive Care Project in Ottawa
2002
NOVEMBER:
Gore Touts Single Payer Health Plan
Canada to See First Private Hospital
OCTOBER:
SEPTEMBER:
Message to Federal Health Minister: "Speak up or Resign"
State of Emergency in Public Health Care to be Declared
Mass Rallies to Stop the Corporate Takeover of Our Hospitals
Minister Clement’s Semantics in Banff Will
Disguise Fatal Poison Pill:
Health Coalition Warns
AUGUST:
Council on Aging Responds to
Phase-In of Fee Increases in Long
Term Care Facilities and Chronic Care
Hospitals
Nursing-home Users Protest 15% Provincial Fee Increase
Angry Kingston Seniors Group Likens Fee Hike to "Elder Abuse"
Rocking Chair Protest Against Increase in Nursing Home Fees
APRIL:
2001
Disabled Activist Denied Membership in Kingston CCAC
2000
Kingston's Home Care Concerns to be AddressedArticle from the Whig-Standard in Regards to the Deputation
1999
OTHER
For Profit Companies Dominate Community Care Contracts
Letter to the Editor, Re: Privatization of Hospitals
Letter to the Editor, Re: National Public Medicare
Letter to the Editor, Re: Shirley Douglas at City Hall
Ontario Day of Action for Medicare
Medicare's Daughter Riding the Wave to Save Public Health Care Across Canada
Runciman Picket to Oppose Private Hospitals
Statement of Kingston Community Support for National Public Medicare