The Ontario Health Coalition ‘s media release this February 21, 2024 makes some scathing claims about a possible conspiracy hatched by the Conservative Ford Government to possibly create a artificial healthcare crisis, with the hope of introducing private healthcare in Ontario. The Coalition claims the Ford Government makes well promoted promises of investments in the billions to Ontario Healthcare, while at the same time cutting programs, budgets, placing hiring freezes upon specific hospitals staffing, limiting regional hospital networks ability to hire needed staff, buy modern equipment and expand upon essential services within the regions located. While Toronto receives particular preference by the Ford Government, regions well outside of the Greater Toronto Region are suffering from:
Lack of funds resulting in Emergency Room closures
Appointments for specialists are well extended time periods
EMS services are limited in capacity and staffing/equipment
Entire sections in hospitals have empty beds while not having the required staffing.
Management of Hospitals seem to be in emergency funding mode.
Premier Ford’s Government is moving lock stock and barrel towards a hidden agenda, to bring American Style Private Healthcare to Ontario. Their allies in Alberta are also moving in that similar direction. Private Healthcare Operations are allowed to charge much more for every situation such as surgery, use of specialists, drawing healthcare professionals away from universal healthcare units to for- private healthcare.
The Ford Administration hopes the public will remain ignorant of the real situation their healthcare Organizations truly are in, and the methodology and practices of the conservative government towards public healthcare will remain in the shadows.
Beg a question: Who do the Premier and His Government truly work for, the electorate or private business? Has Ontario’s government returned to the days of Kathleen Wynne when Corporations bought time and benefits from various Government Ministers? Is Premier Ford truly grass roots, or is he what he has always been, a part of Big Business. Leopards cannot change their spots, but they can promote themselves as something they are not.
Challenge: Check on the wealth of the Premier and His Ministers when they took office, and 1 week before they retire from public office or are thrown out of office. Are they much wealthier upon their exit? Are Bad Things happening at Queens Park, hidden from the publics scrutiny?
The electorate will be challenged like never before come the next election. You will have Blustering Premier Ford (possibly enriching himself and his friends), Marit Styles presenting the NDP’s ineffectual platform, and the do nothing former Mayor Bonnie Crombie(Liberal) standing around hoping to be picked by the despairing electorate.
Now would be a good time for the Ontario Ombudsman and Ethics Commissioner to investigate their masters.
TORONTO – Ontario is pushing through several bills with little or no debate, which the government house leader says is due to a short legislative sitting.
The government has significantly reduced debate and committee time on the proposed law that would force municipalities to seek permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a car lane.
It also passed the fall economic statement that contains legislation to send out $200 cheques to taxpayers with reduced debating time.
The province tabled a bill Wednesday afternoon that would extend the per-vote subsidy program, which funnels money to political parties, until 2027.
That bill passed third reading Thursday morning with no debate and is awaiting royal assent.
Government House Leader Steve Clark did not answer a question about whether the province is speeding up passage of the bills in order to have an election in the spring, which Premier Doug Ford has not ruled out.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2024.
