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Press Release: Cuts To Refugee Healthcare Must Be Reversed

May 15, 2012 Health Providers Against Povery Demands Cuts to Refugee Healthcare Be Reversed TORONTO – Health Providers Against Poverty stands with the growing opposition to the federal government’s cuts to refugee healthcare services. Last week there were physician-led protests in many cities, with several HPAP members participating.  “The patients I see have often come […]

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Press Release: Ontario’s Austerity Budget Will Worsen Health

Mar 27, 2012 Health Providers Against Poverty Warns That Today’s Austerity Budget Will Cost Ontario by Worsening the Health of Ontario’s Most Vulnerable TORONTO – Health Providers Against Poverty expressed dismay today at the Ontario government’s continued assault on the health and pocketbooks of the province’s poorest residents. “A freeze in welfare rates is effectively […]

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Press Release: HPAP Concerned About Impact of Drummond Report‏

Feb 24, 2012 Health Providers Against Poverty Concerned About Impact of Drummond Report on Ontarians Who Live in Poverty TORONTO – “The government has used this Commission to lay out its austerity agenda”, states Laura Hanson, a registered nurse in Toronto and member of Health Providers Against Poverty (HPAP). “If implemented, these changes will put […]