The provincial government keeps getting hammered by protesters in Chatham-Kent over possible changes to health care and education.
The local labour movement held a rally in front of MPP Rick Nicholl's Chatham office Wednesday afternoon to voice its opposition to proposed cuts and changes.
Specifically, their concerns are with Premier Doug Ford's plans to cut and merge health care agencies and health units to end hallway health care along with increasing class sizes in high school and cutting teachers.
However, Nicholls was not at his constituency office. He was at Queen's Park.
Shirley Roebuck with the Chatham-Kent Health Coalition was at the protest and said the cuts are unacceptable.
"We have to fight for public health care and we have to fight for strong public education and we have to fight for the weak amongst us," Roebuck said, "There's not one dollar in Bill 74 or the budget to address wait times or hallway medicine."
Roebuck added that in order to push the government to change, local residents need to stand up and voice their concerns with the future of public health care.
"Health care is important to everyone whether you're rich or poor or young or old," Roebuck said.
Two dozen people attended the rally, including children. The labour movement is also planning to hold a bigger health care rally at Queen's Park on April 30.
The large omnibus bill with all the proposed changes is still going through the Legislature.
