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Hallway Medicine. Endless Wait Times. Overworked Staff. Ontario’s Healthcare System is Facing It’s ‘Worst Crisis’ Ever. (pressprogress.ca)
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[–] Showroom7561 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The Ford Government has been intentionally underfunding healthcare in Ontario for years. This “crisis” was manufactured by him and his team of bandits.

He even withheld funding during COVID when our frontline workers were begging (and dying) for support.

What does it take for voters to realize that any of the day-to-day problems they face in their lives are due to the Conservative government they continue to vote for? And this applies at both the Provincial and municipal levels! Stop voting Conservative if you want to survive your next personal health crisis.

[–] Dearche 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't there even like 200 million of federal dollars that went unused because he refused to spend them on public hospitals but couldn't get them redirected to private hospitals or something so that people would have no choice but to use private hospitals owned by some of his buddies?

This guy will do anything to line his buddies pockets even if it's actually easier and cheaper to do a decent job, then blame anybody else as to why things are falling apart despite all of it starting to happen on his watch.

[–] ILikeBoobies 4 points 3 days ago

Public hospitals have private nurses that receive more pay than public ones - that was his first term

He kept asking Trudeau for money for healthcare but Trudeau attached a public only clause so Ford rejected it. Once people became aware he eventually signed it - that was his second term

[–] jerkface 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ontario wants a government that will tear up bike lanes and use the notwithstanding clause to take away the rights of ~~the most vulnerable individuals~~ poor people, drug addicts, and rapists. Ontario wants a premier who has the balls to spend the better part of a billion dollars on slightly changing how people get drunk, a little bit earlier than it would have otherwise happened.

[–] NotSteve_ 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I really hate this province sometimes

[–] jerkface 2 points 3 days ago

No, we're the worst. Rather than using our economic power to provide the best services in the country, we have chosen to use the economy itself as the incentive that keeps people here and scrimp on everything right to the point where it is perpetually falling apart. People cannot get necessary services, and there's no option for them. And Ford laughs.

[–] wise_pancake 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I was told a conservative government was going to fix all that.

Maybe one more strong majority is what they need to take action and stop reallocating health funding to programs like cheques for all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I agree. This government has been showing us this whole time how serious they are about our public health system. They just need a really strong voter mandate and maybe we could steal money from... Idk ODSP or breakfast clubs or something, and give it to him to 'fix' this.

Fucking ~s for any Ford voters who are reading this.

[–] OutlierBlue 4 points 3 days ago

https://200dollars.ca/ will help you find a good place to donate your $200 Doug Ford vote bribe cheque.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 days ago

Am I really going to have to start reading a bunch of manufactured bullshit about Canada everywhere now?