PRESS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- May 25, 2023
Essex County, ON – The Windsor-Essex Health Coalition is a chapter of the Ontario Health Coalition, a volunteer-led group of Ontarians who support quality public health care. Together with 38 other chapters across Ontario, we are hosting a people’s referendum. The Ford Government has passed Bill 60, legislation that opens wide the door to privatize our healthcare system that has been in the public trust for 50 years.
This was not an election issue where people could vote for a government that would privatize our hospital services. This referendum is giving people an opportunity to send a message to the government, a democratic and transparent process that will demonstrate whether people support or oppose privatization.
All of these voting sites are being staffed by volunteers and are open to the general public. To vote, one must be a resident of Ontario at least 16 years old. We ask that you spread the word about these locations to your friends, family, and neighbours.
We will be opening the ballot boxes and counting the ballots in a public forum to further demonstrate the transparency of the referendum. The Tally Event will be on Sunday, May 28 at the Chapter Two Brewing Company, starting at 12 noon.
To announce the results of our local paper balloting and the online voting, we will be holding a Press Conference at the southeast corner of Prince Road and Glenfield Street at the new Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare site. The press conference will be on Tuesday, May 30 at 10am.
While we have a secure online voting system, we strongly encourage and recommend that people vote by paper ballot, in-person, at any of the locations below. The paper ballots are a solid visual of Canada’s democratic one-person, one-vote system.
Tally Event: Public Ballot Counting
Chapter Two Brewery
2345 Edna St., Windsor
Sunday, May 28, 12pm-2pm
Primary Location for Voting
Unifor Labour Center – 3400 Somme, Windsor
Friday: 10am-6pm
Saturday: 10am-6pm – Drive Thru Voting
Voting Locations
Thursday, May 25
Optimist Park, 705 Notre Dame St., Belle River – 10am-2pm
Friday, May 26
Chapter Two Brewing, 2345 Edna St., Windsor – 2-8pm
Chandler Street Yard Sale, Chandler St. between Tecumseh and Grand Marais Rd – 9am-5pm
Colchester Harbour Park (Gazebo), 100 Jackson St., Colchester – 3-5pm
Coventry Gardens at Reaume Park (near parking lot), 4714 Riverside Dr E., Windsor – 10am-6pm
Dieppe Park (near parking lot), 78 Riverside Dr W, Windsor – 4-8pm
Frank’s Brewery, 12000 Tecumseh Rd E., Tecumseh – 4-7pm
Green Bean Cafe, Lower Level, 2320 Wyandotte St W – 10am-2pm
Healthy Mama, 152 Lesperance Rd, Tecumseh – 4-8pm
Jackson Park (north side of Queen Elizabeth II Gardens), 125 Tecumseh Rd E, Windsor – 6-8pm
Malden Park (near dog park), 4200 Malden Rd., Windsor – 6-8pm
Pharmasave, 1550 Huron Church Rd., Windsor – 2-6pm
Riverside Sportsmen’s Club, 10835 Riverside Dr E., Windsor – 12-6pm
Unity Spiritual Centre of Windsor, parking lot on Wells, off of Prince Rd, 3640 Wells St, Windsor – 9am-4pm
Saturday, May 27
Chapter Two Brewing, 2345 Edna St., Windsor – 2-6pm
Chandler Street Yard Sale, Chandler St. between Tecumseh and Grand Marais Rd – 9am-5pm
Co-An Park, 1071 Concession Rd 11, McGregor – 10am-2pm
Coventry Gardens at Reaume Park (near parking lot), 4714 Riverside Dr E., Windsor – 10am-6pm
Dieppe Park (near parking lot), 78 Riverside Dr W, Windsor – 10am-2pm
Ernie’s TV and Furniture Appliance, 29 Main St E., Kingsville – 12-4pm
European Market, 6415 Tecumseh Rd E., Windsor – 8am-2pm
Ford Test Track Park (near dog park), Seminole St between Drouillard and Central – 10am-2pm
Forest Glade Community Centre (near the parking lot), 3265 Forest Glade Dr, Windsor – 10am-2pm
Frank’s Brewery, 12000 Tecumseh Rd E., Tecumseh – 12-4pm
Healthy Mama, 152 Lesperance Rd, Tecumseh – 12-4pm
Jackson Park (north side of Queen Elizabeth II Gardens), 125 Tecumseh Rd E, Windsor – 10am-2pm
Malden Park (near dog park), 4200 Malden Rd., Windsor – 10am-2pm
Riverside Sportsmen’s Club, 10835 Riverside Dr E., Windsor – 12-6pm
Unity Spiritual Centre of Windsor, parking lot on Wells, off of Prince Rd, 3640 Wells St, Windsor – 9am-12pm