MEDIA ADVISORY: Huge People's Referendum to stop the privatization of Ontario's public hospitals planned Friday & Saturday
Attn: Assignment Editor
Almost a thousand voting stations will be staffed by thousands of volunteers in a massive effort to force the Ford government to respect democratic process and input on their hospital privatization plans
Vote counting & results announcement information listed here
TORONTO, May 25, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A map listing all voting stations across the province is available online at https://publichospitalvote.ca/find-voting-station This is what it looks like (below). On the website, you can zoom in for details and a list by region is below the map. Media are invited to go and see the voting taking place at voting stations across Ontario.
At time of writing, more than 160,000 votes have been received online and in advance polls.
Province-wide results will be announced outside Queen's Park on Wednesday May 31 at 10 a.m. A massive pile of ballots from the people's referendum will be brought in from across Ontario and piled in front of the Legislature to be delivered to the government. Local health coalitions across the province will be counting ballots on Saturday evening May 27 or Sunday May 28 as listed below and announcing results locally on Tuesday, May 30 as listed below. Media contact: Natalie Mehra, executive director, Ontario Health Coalition 416-230-6402 (cell).
List of contacts and information for media to view vote counting and receive local/province-wide results:
Algoma Region:
Vote results will be announced outside Roy Romano's office at 390 Bay St, Sault Ste. Marie at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 30.
Vote counting will take place at the Automotive Room in the Benson Centre, Cornwall, starting at noon, Sunday, May 28.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10 am in front of the Cornwall Community Hospital, on McConnell Avenue, midway between the emergency entrance and the general parking entrance.
Vote counting for the northern half of the region, including Meaford, Town of Blue Mountains (Thornbury, Clarksburg), Owen Sound, Rockford, Eugenia will take place on Sunday, May 28, at 107 Kiowana Beach Rd., Meaford.
Vote counting for the southern half of Grey-Bruce will take place on Sunday, May 28 in the afternoon at 105 8th Street South East in Chesley under the supervision of Shawn Morrow, a well-respected local business person.
Vote results will be announced at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 in front of the St. Catharines Hospital at the corner of 4th Avenue and First Avenue Louth.
Vote counting will take place at The Spot Community Room at the Carlingwood Shopping Centre, 2121 Carling Avenue, Ottawa on Sunday, May 28 from 12 ? 3 p.m.
For vote results on Tuesday, May 30 please contact Ed Cashman at 343-999-6886, [email protected].
Peel Region:
Vote counting will take place at 1022 Franconia Dr, Mississauga on Sunday, May 28, starting at 11 a.m.
Vote results will be announced at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 30 outside Trillium Health Partners Mississauga Hospital, 77 Queensway West, on the sidewalk, north side of the hospital.
Vote counting will take place on Sunday May 28 from 10 a.m. until completed at the campaign office in the Maple Ridge Plaza, 1840 Lansdowne St. W. Peterborough.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday May 30 at 10 a.m. at the campaign office in Maple Ridge Plaza 1840 Lansdowne St W. Peterborough.
Vote counting will take place at the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario office, 351 King St. #3, Barrie starting at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 28.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 11:30 a.m. in the Sunnidale Park Arboretum at 265 Sunnidale Road, Barrie.
Vote counting will take place at 9 Douro Street, Stratford on Saturday May 27 starting at 6:30 p.m.
Vote results: media contact Sharon Sippel (519) 276-1291
Toronto:
Vote counting will take place at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 28 at USW Hall, 25 Cecil St.
Toronto results will be announced with the Ontario-wide results on Wednesday, May 31 at 10 a.m. outside the Main Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto. Volunteers from communities across Ontario will come in to the city with their ballots and create a huge pile in front of the Legislature.
Vote counting will take place at the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario-Waterloo Region Office 610 Wabanaki Dr Kitchener ON on Sunday May 28 from 12 - 5 p.m.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 8:30 AM outside the Main Entrance to Grand River Hospital, 835 King St W., Kitchener.
Vote counting will take place at Chapter Two Brewery, 2345 Edna St., Windsor, Sunday May 28, 12 -2 p.m.
Vote results will be announced on Tuesday, May 30 at 10am at the Southeast corner of Prince Road and Glenfield St, Windsor, next to the new Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare site.