Ontario Health Coalition

Ontario Health Coalition: Health Action Assembly

January 24, 2026 at 10:00 AM -
January 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM Central YMCA 20 Grosvenor Street Toronto, ON M4Y 2V5

The following information is from the Ontario Health Coalition:

Saturday January 24  10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Sunday January 25     9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Central YMCA, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto

You can come in person or join by Zoom. Everyone must register to attend.

This is our most important meeting of the year.

  • Hear local coalitions from all over the province report in on the the fightback.
  • Learn what the Ford and Carney governments have planned.
  • Get updates about the existential threat to Public Medicare across Canada by the Danielle Smith government in Alberta.
  • Join in Q & A with Health Critics (shadow ministers) from the NDP and Liberal Parties of Ontario, and the Leader of the Green Party.
  • Discuss & debate our action plan to safeguard & improve our public health care for all.
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER Saturday, January 24: Linda McQuaig, a renowned author, journalist, and social critic. Her new book Cancelling Billionaires (Before They Cancel Us) is being launched just three days before the Assembly. 
  • KEYNOTE SPEAKER Sunday, January 25: John Lister, U.K. professor emeritus and author of a new book Wealth Vs. Health: Trump’s Global War on Health and Science.
  • ALSO FEATURING: Health Critics/Leader from the Opposition parties will join us for discussion and questions and answers. They include MPPs from the NDP (Wayne Gates, France Gélinas, Dr. Robin Lennox), Liberal Party (Lee Fairclough, Dr. Adil Shamji, Tyler Watt), and Green Party (Mike Schreiner).

Hotel Rooms (*NEW* deadline FRI JAN 9):

To get the special rate of $179 + tax/night at the Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. W. the NEW deadline is this Friday January 9. To book your room, please use this link: https://tinyurl.com/OHCHotel26 or call 1 (800) 243-5732 and cite the Ontario Health Coalition Room Block to receive the reduced rate. (Note: the rate is available until we sell out of rooms so pls don’t wait until the last minute.)

Registration:

Cost ($0 – $130):

It is a sliding scale, which means folks are asked to pay what they are able. We ask that organizations that are able to, please pay the full amount so we can subsidize the cost of individuals and community groups that cannot afford to pay the full amount. Thank you for helping us to be able to make the Health Coalition accessible to more people and organizations this way.

Agenda: 

Saturday

Registration opens at 9:30 a.m.  Assembly runs 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Keynote speaker: renowned author & journalist, Linda McQuaig

Briefing with updated information on the key issues

Updates & report-ins from across Ontario

Discussion & debate of draft action plan

Sunday

Registration opens 8:30 a.m. Assembly runs 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Keynote speaker: U.K. professor emeritus & author of a new book on Donald Trump’s health care, John Lister

Health critics from the NDP, Liberal and Green Parties will join us for discussion, questions and answers

Discussion, debate and final vote on action plan

Presentation of our highest awards for the year

Click here for more details.

For all those who will be joining us in person, either fill in the online form here or fill in and email back the section below:

Number of people attending:   _____ on Saturday    _____ on Sunday 

Name of key contact: 

Additional names of attendees: 

Organization if applicable: 

Address: 

City/Town: 

Postal code: 

Email: 

Tel (cell):           (work):             (home): 

FEES: (sliding scale) 

We are asking folks to pay what they are able to pay within the sliding scale range (from $0 – $80 on Saturday & $0 – $50 on Sunday). We ask that organizations that are able to, please pay the full amount so we can subsidize the cost of individuals and community groups.

Saturday: $80 per person (sliding scale – for those who do not have organizational funding)

Amount paid: $___  x number of people ____ = subtotal $ 

Sunday: $50 per person (sliding scale – for those who do not have organizational funding)

Amount paid: $___  x number of people ____ = subtotal $                                                                                           

Grand total:    $ ________

Please mark an X to select your payment method:

           Enclosed by cheque _____________

OR

 Via e-transfer to admin@OntarioHC.ca (include “Assembly registration” in the message)

OR

           Paid online at https://square.link/u/PMiSyInm 

If paying by cheque, please mail us at Ontario Health Coalition, PO Box 113, North York, Ontario M3C 2R6

If sending in your registration via email, please email us at info@OntarioHC.ca and use the subject line: Assembly registration.