Health Care Advocates Slam Ford Government for Privatizing Surgeries While Pushing Public Hospitals into Deficit

“A gross misuse of public funds” the Coalition warns as mass protests are planned TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ontario’s public hospitals have been pushed into deficit and ordered to find cuts while the Ford government shunts hundreds of millions of public dollars away from them to for-profit clinics, the Ontario Health Coalition warned today on the heels of the province’s announcement of plans to privatize thousands of orthopedic surgeries. “We have existing operating rooms sitting unused in ...