TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO:
WHEREAS Ontarians should get health care based on need — not the size of your wallet; and,
WHEREAS more and more people can’t get a family doctor and are increasingly paying to get medical care; and,
WHEREAS Premier Doug Ford and his Health Minister are moving to privatize more and more parts of our health care system; and,
WHEREAS privatization will bleed nurses, doctors and PSWs out of our public hospitals, making the health care crisis worse; and
WHEREAS privatization always ends with you footing the bill;
THEREFORE, WE THE UNDERSIGNED petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to immediately stop all:
- plans to further privatize Ontario’s health care system, and fix the crisis in health care by:
- recruiting, retaining and respecting doctors, nurses and PSWs with better pay & better working conditions;
- licensing tens of thousands of internationally educated nurses and other health care professionals already in Ontario, who wait years and pay thousands to have their credentials certified;
- making education and training free or low-cost for nurses, doctors and other health care professionals.