Rabble Rants: Witnessing Genocide; Ontario Paying for Private Surgery Profits; Exploiting Post-Secondary Students

2023-11-20

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Topic 1: Witnessing Genocide in GazaWe check in with each other and the audience in terms of the emotional toll of watching ethnic cleansing happening in real time, and reaffirm the need to keeping talking about Palestine. Reports from a WHO visit to Al-Shifa Hospital, verification of certain reports and political responses globally are all part of the discussion. Topic 2: Ontario Paying for Private Surgery ProfitsDoug Ford's government has confirmed reports that they are paying...

Topic 1: Witnessing Genocide in Gaza

We check in with each other and the audience in terms of the emotional toll of watching ethnic cleansing happening in real time, and reaffirm the need to keeping talking about Palestine. Reports from a WHO visit to Al-Shifa Hospital, verification of certain reports and political responses globally are all part of the discussion.

Topic 2: Ontario Paying for Private Surgery Profits

Doug Ford's government has confirmed reports that they are paying private (for profit) clinics in the Province premium rates to perform public surgeries. Surgeries that Ontario hospitals have the ability to perform are being sourced out to units run by giant corporations who are getting paid more than twice the amount.

We talk about the implications to the healthcare system, the hypocrisy of a private outsourcing costing twice the amount and the many ways in which the Ford government will try to spin this in their favour.

CORRECTION: The Www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca has found that many clinics are charging patients above and beyond the OHIP fees.

Topic 3: Exploiting Post-Secondary Students

Reports of students at Humber College suffering from malnutrition, with some fainting, triggers a discussion on the vulnerable economic position students in Canada find themselves in. The pressures put on them and the many ways in which these educational institutions facilitate their exploitation.

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Resources:

CBC: Rising tuition, student debt weigh heavily on post-secondary students
OPINION: Unpaid internships, experience doesn’t pay students’ bills | Humber News
CBC: Doug Ford government paying for-profit clinic more than hospitals
News 18: Biden Warns 'Extremist' Israeli Settlers
WHO says Gaza's al-Shifa hospital a death zone, as hundreds leave

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