More than 4,000 participate in Queen's Park health-care rally
'Does this premier care?' Saracino asks
Posted By MAGGIE RIOPELLE/Tribune Staff
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TORONTO — “Save our hospitals, save our hospitals,” chanted a united voice of more than 4,000 at a Queen’s Park rally Tuesday.

Municipal leaders looking to stop cuts to health care called for a moratorium on plans they feel will destroy this country’s health-care system.

The rally called by the Town of Fort Erie that was supported by the City of Port Colborne and residents from Welland and St. Catharines drew crowds from municipalities across Ontario who shared a common concern that inadequate funding, centralization of services, closure of emergency rooms and cuts to services will dismantle the health-care system and cost lives.

It was also a rally supported by the Ontario Health Coalition.

In Niagara, the controversial Niagara Health System’s hospital improvement plan prompted the community and residents to take action. When their concerns fell on deaf ears — after rallies, petitions and town hall meetings — they took their message straight to Premier Dalton McGuinty’s front lawn.
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