Health

The Communist Party of Canada condemns Doug Ford’s push for further healthcare privatization, which marks another escalation in his pro-corporate war against working people. Ford’s ongoing cuts to public healthcare will not improve wait times or health outcomes for working people, and instead are only intended to further fatten corporate profits.

This is the text of a presentation to the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding Bill 60 made on March 27th, 2023. The Communist Party of Canada is 102 years old this year. The Communist Party of Ontario is 83 years old. We are proud to have been among the Read more

Public healthcare rests on the pillars of universality, portability, accessibility, comprehensiveness and accountability. These pillars can only be guaranteed through public sector delivery of fully and adequately funded services in publicly owned institutions. Private sector involvement not only cannot support these pillars, but it actively undermines them.

Put peoples’ health before profit!

The Communist Party of Canada (Ontario) condemns the Ontario government’s latest decisions to significantly restrict access to COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and reporting, and to halve isolation requirements. These political decisions will inevitably result in more unnecessary disease and deaths.