The unionized healthcare workers, represented by the Ontario Nurses’ Association, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, and Unifor, unveiled a large petition signed by over 4,000 hospital staff – a majority of healthcare workers from the three hospitals. The workers warn that funneling public tax dollars from the underfunded public health system into private, for-profit clinics – where surgeries and diagnostic services cost significantly more – will further weaken Ontario’s public system, making healthcare less accessible, wait times longer, and staffing shortages even more severe. Our patients deserve high-quality care in a publicly funded system, and we will fight to protect our public hospitals from being dismantled piece by piece