ALL OUT MONDAY OCT 4
NEW LOCATIONS ACROSS ONTARIO!
#RiseupforLTC
Monday October 4, 12 p.m.
CROSS-ONTARIO LONG-TERM CARE PROTESTS
Enough Suffering, Care Can’t Wait

As the Ontario Legislature opens on October 4, let’s set the message for the next session.

No more broken promises. No more substandard care. We demand real action now!

New plan! With the new opening date of the legislature and the wave 4 Public Health rules in place, we are organizing events across Ontario.
We will keep it safe outside, with social distancing, with masks, and a limit of 100 people in each town’s event so you MUST RSVP if you are coming.

LET’S SEND THE MOST POWERFUL MESSAGE POSSIBLE
ALL EVENTS ARE MONDAY OCTOBER 4 at NOON unless the time is otherwise indicated:

TORONTO Noon at Queen’s Park outside the Main Legislative Building
To RSVP: Email [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

THUNDER BAY Noon at Mini Queen’s Park, 436 James St, Thunder Bay
To RSVP: Email Jules Tupker at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

CHATHAM Noon at MPP Rick Nicholls’ Office, 111 Heritage Rd.
To RSVP: Email Shirley Roebuck at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

CORNWALL 4 pm at MPP McDonell’s Office, 120 Second St W.
To RSVP: Email Elaine MacDonald at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

DURHAM Noon at LTC Minister Rod Phillips’ Office, Corner of Rossland & Harwood, 1 Rossland Rd, Ajax
To RSVP: Email Charlie Courneyea at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

HAMILTON Noon at Gore Park, Corner of King and James St.
To RSVP: Email Janina Lebon at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

KINGSTON 4 pm at Princess and Concession
To RSVP: Email Matthew Gventer at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

LINDSAY/ KAWARTHA LAKES Noon at MPP Laurie Scott’s Office, 14 Lindsay St N
To RSVP: Email Bonnie Kennedy at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

LONDON – please go to ST. THOMAS Noon at MPP Jeff Yurek’s Office, 1750 Talbot St
To RSVP: Email Peter Bergmanis at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

NIAGARA Noon at MPP Sam Oosterhoff’s Office, King St and Wagner Lane, Beamsville
To RSVP: Email Sue Hotte at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

NORTH BAY Noon at MPP Vic Fedeli’s Office, 219 Main St
To RSVP: Email Henri Giroux at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

OAKVILLE Noon at MPP Crawford’s Office, 74 Rebecca St
To RSVP: Message the Canadian Federation of University Women at https://cfuwoakville.ca/contact-us-2/ with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

OTTAWA Noon at Human Rights Statue at City Hall, Elgin and Lisgar, Ottawa
To RSVP: Email Ed Cashman at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

SUDBURY Noon at Front Gate of Civic Memorial Cemetery, 365 Second Ave.
To RSVP: Email Dot Klein at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

WATERLOO Noon at Waterloo Public Square, 75 King St S
To RSVP: Email Jim Stewart at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

WINDSOR at Dieppe Park- Great Canadian Flag, Ouellette Ave
To RSVP: Email Patrick Hannon at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

WOODSTOCK Noon at MPP Ernie Hardeman’s Office, 12 Perry St.
To RSVP: Email Bryan Smith at [email protected] with the subject line “Oct 4” and let us know.
If you are a family member or resident who can be a speaker at the event about conditions in LTC (as we previously asked) and are still able to come please indicate this clearly in your email.

Join in and make it huge!
If you are coming IN PERSON, please RSVP (as above)
OR Join the LIVESTREAM on FACEBOOK: At noon Monday Oct. 4 all the events across Ontario will be livestreamed on the Ontario Health Coalition Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ontariohealth

Help make a TWITTER STORM: Use #RiseupforLTC with your tweets containing a picture of your loved one in #LTC, or a video of your message and your written message to @fordnation. We are asking everyone to use #RiseupforLTC to make it trend and you may also use the other hashtags: #RejectNeglect, #CareOverProfit, #CareCantWait. You can use the hashtags in Facebook also!

Key Messages:

We do not accept any more false promises and crocodile tears for the devastation in Ontario’s long-term care homes. Instead, we DEMAND:

– Immediate action to fast-track improving care levels to 4-hours of care per resident per day.
– Enforcement of standards through annual surprise inspections, fines, license suspensions and revocation of licenses for non-compliance.
– Accountability for the terrible operators who facilitated the preventable deaths of thousands of the vulnerable residents in their care
– That Bill 218 passed by the Ford government last fall to shield long-term care owners/operators from liability for their negligence be repealed.
– An end to for-profit long-term care, and that the Ford government reverse its plans to hand thousands of new beds and expansions to the same for-profit chains responsible for gross negligence, horror and death.
– That families and caregivers be allowed full access, and that the isolation, unlawful detention and human rights violations of long-term care residents be stopped.

T-SHIRT, HATS AND BUTTONS:

If you are planning on attending a local event, please order your buttons, hats and t-shirts through your local organizers before September 24 so we have time to get them to your local organizers. The order form is directly below the contact list here.
CHATHAM: Email Shirley Roebuck at [email protected]
CORNWALL: Email Elaine MacDonald at [email protected]
DURHAM: Email Charlie Courneyea at [email protected]
HAMILTON:Email Janina Lebon at [email protected]
KINGSTON: Email Matthew Gventer at [email protected]
LINDSAY: Email Bonnie Kennedy at [email protected]
NIAGARA:Email Sue Hotte at [email protected]
NORTH BAY:Email Henri Giroux at [email protected]
LONDON – GO TO ST. THOMAS:Email Peter Bergmanis at [email protected]
OAKVILLE: Message the Canadian Federation of University Women at https://cfuwoakville.ca/contact-us-2/
OTTAWA: Email Ed Cashman at [email protected]
SUDBURY: Email Dot Klein at [email protected]
THUNDER BAY: Email Jules Tupker at [email protected]
TORONTO: Email [email protected]
WATERLOO: Email Jim Stewart at [email protected]
WINDSOR: Email Patrick Hannon at [email protected]
WOODSTOCK: Email Bryan Smith at [email protected]

ORDER FORM
Name:
Email Address:
Picking Up on Oct. 4 at (please tell us which of these three: Toronto @ beside Queen’s Park / Ottawa @ City Hall / Thunder Bay @ Mini Queen’s Park):
Method of Payment: (Pay in advance by cheque / Pay on Oct 13 when picking up)

Quantity ‘Rise ↑ For LTC’ T-Shirts:
L ($17.50) x ____ = $
XL ($17.50) x ____ = $
XXL ($17.50) x ____ = $
XXXL ($17.50)x _____ = $

Quantity ‘Put the TLC in LTC’ Caps:
$17.50 x ______ = $

Quantity Button Bundle (1x ‘Put the TLC in LTC’, 1x LTC – Care Can’t Wait)
$2.50 x _______ = $

TOTAL = $