Canada\u2019s NDP has put forward a motion in the House of Commons it says is critical for Northern Ontario: hire more doctors and nurses in Northern hospitals, or allow privatization to lure them away?<\/p>\n
According to the Ontario Medical Association, Northern Ontario is short of at least 300 doctors, and emergency rooms are consistently closed due to staffing shortages. Experts are clear that Premier Doug Ford\u2019s pursuit of for-profit care would poach workers out of the public system, making wait times even longer for patients.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t get the same services here in the North, especially for health care,\u201d said NDP MP Charlie Angus (TImmins-James Bay). \u201cCompanies are popping up and charging 70 bucks for a virtual doctor appointment or $30,000 for a hip replacement. They\u2019re preying on desperate people with nowhere to turn and the Conservatives and Liberals are letting it happen. These for-profit corporations \u00a0will only make things worse by pulling our doctors, nurses and other health-care workers out of the public system.\u201d<\/p>\n
The motion also calls on Members of Parliament to express disappointment in Prime Minister Trudeau\u2019s\u00a0promotion of Ontario\u2019s for-profit health plans as \u201cinnovation\u201d and to ensure all money in the health care\u00a0agreement\u00a0with the provinces goes towards the public system and hiring more workers into it.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are rightfully worried. They\u2019re concerned about the state of Northern Ontario\u2019s health-care system, the shortage of family doctors, and the strain that\u00a0staffing shortages\u00a0put on our hospitals and emergency rooms,\u201d said NDP MP Carol Hughes (Algoma\u2014Manitoulin\u2014Kapuskasing). \u201cThat\u2019s why in Ottawa, we\u2019re demanding leadership to take on Conservative premiers like Ford, who want to line the pocket of his wealthy investor friends. We\u2019re demanding all parliamentarians to choose: do you stand with our public system and hiring more workers, or draining it for the profits of giant corporations?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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