About 5,000 people marched and rallied in Toronto on Thursday to call for end to what they say is the privatization of health care by the Doug Ford government.Thousands of people march on University Avenue in Toronto on Thursday as part of a protest against the privatization of health care in Ontario. About 5,000 people marched and rallied in Toronto on Thursday to call for end to what they say is the privatization of health care by the Doug Ford government.
Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition, said the government is not properly funding health care in Ontario."Now it's just devastating. We're seeing whole hospitals closing down, at risk of closing down. We're seeing literally millions of people can't get a family doctor and they're bringing in for-profit primary care to replace it where people have to pay," she said.
"It's going to take people power and worker power to protect our health care system from Doug Ford, and we are going to fight to the end to keep our public healthcare system publicly funded and publicly delivered."