UPCOMING EVENT
AUGUST 28, WEDNESDAY (2 Events same day)
10:30 a.m. to l2 noon (Please bring a sign and bring your lunch)
75 Albert Street (Ministry of Health)
Bring a sign with you. We have a peaceful protest re the recent cuts to home care that affected 5,900 people in Ottawa by the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC).
1:30 p.m. City Council Meeting, Ottawa City Hall,
lll Lisgar Street, in the Andrew Haydon Hall (Main Floor)
Our Coalition to Stop Home Care Cuts sent a letter to the City Council informing them that we want them to sponsor our trip to see the Premier Ernie Eves in September. We want to tell the Premier to reinstate home care funding immediately.
Some of our coalition members with disabilities and who have lost their home care will make the one day trip to Toronto in September. Please come out and support us at City Hall.
Bring a lunch wit you as we will go to city hall after the protest in the morning at 75 Albert Street at the Ministry of Health.
RECENT EVENT
OTTAWA - AUGUST 9, 2002
(PROTEST TO STOP HOME CARE CUTS)
at the Ontario Ministry of Health, 75 Albert Street
Our Coalition to Stop Home Care Cuts had a protest on August 9th. The issue was the recent home care cuts to 5,900 people who were clients at the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC). We had a peaceful protest. Some of the placards read: "Thanks for nothing Ernie Eves" "Reinstate Home Care Funding" "5,900 people lose home care"
The media that showed up were: CJOH-TV News, CFRA Radio, and
The NewRO TV. The media coverage was comprehensive, fair, and accurate.
Chris Day of the CJOH-TV spoke to Sandra Golding, Executive Director of the Ottawa Community Care Access Centre (CCAC) by telephone for his story on the TV. Sandra Golding had informed Chris Day on tv that a new budget for home care would be
forthcoming the week of August l2th. After 2 emails and 3 telephone calls, Sandra Golding sent Sue Clark an email saying she would get in touch with Sue. Sue found out from Sandra's secretary on August 23rd that there is no budget that she is aware of. Sandra is on holidays and will reach Sue on September 9th ???... Ottawa CCAC supposedly going to have a community meeting ???... who knows ......
Chris Day of CJOH TV wants to continue to cover this story. We want to thank the media for a job well done.
The only politician's office to show up was a rep named Chuck from Judy Wasylycia-Leis' MP's office who is the Federal NDP Health Critic. Thank you for supporting our cause. Home care is an important issue and we shall be lobbying other politicians' offices in the future.
Thanks to Anne, Michelle, and Pat for their informative interviews that they gave to the press. Thanks to Jane who made a delicious lunch for all of us and which we had at l0 Rideau Street. Thank you for all of you who showed up and supported our cause. We need your continued support.
We will have many more events in the future and will post them on this web site.
