On Monday, NDP MP Charlie Angus (Timmins \u2013 James Bay) says he expects to see help for families in Northern Ontario struggling to access quality health-care services, manage the high cost of living and have good, sustainable jobs in the upcoming budget.<\/p>\n
\u201cFamilies all over Northern Ontario need some assurances that the government is going to help them meet the challenges they\u2019re facing with real solutions,\u201d said Angus. \u201cAs the new Parliamentary session starts, I\u2019m headed back to Ottawa to make sure the Liberal government follows through on the commitments we forced them to make like delivering a national dental care plan that covers seniors, kids under 18 and people living with disabilities by the end of this year. You better believe I\u2019ll be holding their feet to the fire to make sure families can count on that help.\u201d<\/p>\n
Angus says concerns are growing about wait times in emergency rooms and the lack of family doctors. But instead of helping, Justin Trudeau is applauding Doug Ford\u2019s plan to privatize the health-care services people in Ontario rely on amidst a province-wide staffing shortage\u2014despite doctors and nurses warning that this will only make things worse.<\/p>\n
\u201cNew Democrats are not going to stand by while Liberals and Conservatives come up with plans to poach health-care workers from the public system and send them to the private system while pretending that wait times are going to improve,\u201d said Angus. \u201cInstead of allowing American-style, for profit health care in our country, the government needs to invest in recruiting, training and retaining workers in our Northern Ontario hospitals and clinics and that\u2019s exactly what we\u2019ll be pushing for.\u201d<\/p>\n
For months, the price of food has stressed family budgets to the brink and now economists are also warning that a recession is on the horizon. Angus has been a vocal advocate for tackling the corporate greed driving up prices and in investing in a clean tech future that will benefit northern Ontario workers with good jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are doing everything right, but still falling further behind,\u201d said Angus. \u201cPeople\u2019s wages aren\u2019t keeping up with growing expenses, but they see big corporations\u2019 profits going up twice as fast as inflation. And Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre won\u2019t say a word about how much multi-billion-dollar corporations are raking in. It\u2019s not right. We\u2019re going to keep pushing for an excess profit tax on huge corporations and wealthy CEOs to make sure you don\u2019t get gouged at the supermarket.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNow more than ever, the government needs to make sure workers in Northern Ontario can rest easy knowing that their jobs are secure. I\u2019m going back to Ottawa to fight for investment in sustainable industries, more protection for workers through EI reforms and anti-scab legislation,\u201d added Angus. \u201cWe know that workers are the backbone of this country and New Democrats are going to make sure they get the respect that they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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