Health Care
People used to be drawn to Ontario in part because of its world-class public healthcare system. Now, they’re lining up around the block overnight just to register for a family doctor. Our healthcare system is in crisis, but the Ford government continues to privatize it.
Ontario Greens will address the crisis of caring by hiring more nurses, doctors and PSWs, addressing gaps in rural access and reversing Ford’s privatization.
Greens will:
- Recruit 3,500 more doctors in Ontario through more medical school spots and more residency opportunities for international medical graduates so that every person has a primary care provider within 3-5 years.
- Stop future and reverse Ford’s investor-driven privatization of the healthcare system.
- Increase provincial funding for rural hospitals and cut the local cost share for funding new hospitals in half.
- Expand and provide start-up funding for family health teams across the province with a wider variety of care available (SWs, addictions care, physio, etc.).
