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National Day of Action for a New Health Accord
March 31, 2014
End of health accord between the provinces and federal government marked by community protest in Ottawa and across Ontario.
Monday, March 31 2014, marks the end of the Health Accord - a ten-year agreement between the federal government, provinces and territories - that provided stable federal funding and set national standards for health care.
The federal Conservative government has flatly refused to renegotiate a new accord. Provinces and territories will be hit with a $36 billion cut to federal health transfers.
But unlike the federal government, Ontarians value Medicare and see the federal government walking away from the Health Accord as a betrayal of the universal health care they hold dear. This is why they are mobilizing across the province to protect Medicare.
From Sault Ste. Marie to Ottawa, Ontarians are joining Canadians across the country participating in the Canadian Health Coalition national day of action to let Ontarians know what the expiration of the Health Accord means to them and the harm this will cause to our public health care system.
In Ottawa, Medicare advocates will assemble at the Eternal Flame on Parliament Hill for a funeral procession marking the end of the Accord and federal leadership in health care and to call for a renewal of the Health Accord.
A complete list of the Health Accord day of action events across Ontario can be found at www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca and across the country at healthcoalition.ca/Map.
Time: noon
Venue: Parliament Hill and across the country
Location: Ottawa, ON
Website: http://healthcoalition.ca/Map
Categories: Health/Health Care
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