The opposition is hammering the Ford government over the crisis in health care.
The opposition fired several questions at the Ford government about the shortage of nurses and the closure of emergency rooms and ICUs.
NDP interim leader Peter Tabuns says it’s a crisis right across the province.
“Bowmanville, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, Alexandria, Brampton, Clinton, London, Listowell, Wingham, Perth, Kitchener, Waterloo, Chelsea, Red Lake, Kenora. Speaker, does the Minister of Health not believe closed ERs and critical bed warnings in these communities constitute a crisis?” asked Tabuns in the Ontario Legislature on Wednesday.
Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government is fast-tracking international nurses, that are currently living in Ontario, to be licensed to work here as quickly as possible.
“We are investing another $342 million to add 5,000 more nurses to the system. If there were 5,000 nurses that could fly from the sky, we would be hiring them tomorrow,” explained Ford.
Tabuns adds health care workers have made it clear that repealing Bill 124, which caps wage increases at one per cent, is one of
the solutions to the health care crisis.
