Brockville的保健工作者抗议, 要求提供32亿美元的新资金, 以防止在医院持续紧张的情况下裁员和减少床位。 Healthcare workers protest in Brockville, demanding $3.2 billion in new funding to prevent staff cuts and bed reductions amid ongoing hospital strain.

2026年2月25日, 保健工作者和CUPE工会代表在布罗克维尔的MPP Steve Clark办公室外提出抗议, 要求增加安大略省医院的省级经费, On February 25, 2026, healthcare workers and CUPE union representatives protested outside MPP Steve Clark’s office in Brockville, demanding increased provincial funding for Ontario’s hospitals, warning that a proposed 2% funding increase falls short of the 4% needed to maintain services. 他们列举了人员配备水平低、床位短缺和不可持续案例,警告说,2027-28年,如果没有32亿美元的新核心资金、6%的年增长率和6,200张额外工作人员床位,超过1,000个护理和支助人员职位可能会丧失。 They cited low staffing levels, bed shortages, and unsustainable caseloads, warning over 1,000 nursing and support worker positions could be lost by 2027–28 without $3.2 billion in new core funding, a 6% annual increase, and 6,200 additional staffed beds. 虽然总理道格·福特(Doug Ford)欢迎创纪录的投资和保健扩张, 包括2028年开张的32亿美元南尼亚加拉医院, 工会领袖和反对派批评者认为医院仍然财政紧张, While Premier Doug Ford hailed record investments and healthcare expansion, including the $3.2 billion South Niagara Hospital set to open in 2028, union leaders and opposition critics argue hospitals remain financially strained, with 60% operating at a deficit, and that current funding fails to address systemic pressures on patient care and worker well-being.