A dire nursing shortage, private-sector windfall profits all part of Ford’s disastrous approach to Ontario health care

Bill 124 contributed to a mass exodus of front-line nurses, creating of a unique opportunity for private-nurse-hiring agencies to realize a huge windfall of public cash.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford finally scrapped Bill 124 last week, but not before it contributed to the deterioration of some of the health-care services Ontarians count on, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

February 28, 2024

OTTAWA—The wait times between radio ads claiming Premier Doug Ford is fixing Ontario’s crumbling health-care system have been substantially reduced.

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