The Challenge:
Let's make public funding of fertility an issue in the Ontario provincial election. Voting Day is October 6th.
The Opportunity:
Polls suggest that this election is shaping up to be a tighter race than first predicted. That means candidates will be out fighting for every vote they can get starting next week.
What You Can Do:
Make your local candidates earn your vote.
- Ask them where they stand on public funding of IVF. (Do this when they knock on your door, call your local campaign offices, or attend all candidate meetings)
- Share your personal fertility story.
- Inform them that OHIP funding for IVF would improve patient access and ensure a better start for IVF babies. And, since healthcare costs are always a concern, remind them that study after study has shown that public funding would reduce overall costs to the healthcare system.
- Tell them this issue is important to you and it will influence how you vote in the election.
- Tell them you will be voting for the candidate who supports IVF funding.
What We Are Doing:
We’ll keep you informed throughout the campaign via our Facebook site.
There we will share the results of a questionnaire sent to all candidates, which asks where they stand on this issue.
We’ll also inform you when the party leaders will be in your community.
And we’ll continue to suggest ways to raise this issue with local candidates and through the media.
Please follow the discussion on facebook and help make this an issue in this election. Let’s make some noise.
Joanne and Kerri
