Ontario’s public health-care system is in crisis, and it is getting worse. Front-line nurse cuts are happening across our province.
Ontario Nurses’ Association
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Patients are waiting longer. Communities are losing access. Front-line nurses and health-care professionals are being pushed to the brink.The Ford government insists everything is fine. They claim health care is stable and that thousands of nurses have been hired.
That claim does not match reality.
The data shows a different story: front-line nurse positions are being cut across the system at a record pace.
Why These Cuts Are Happening?
These cuts are not accidental; they are the result of deliberate choices. Chronic public health-care underfunding by the Ford government has left health-care organizations struggling to balance budgets, which come at the expense of cutting nurses and health-care professionals.
This understaffing crisis is intentional because taxpayers’ dollars are being redirected into private, for-profit clinics and facilities. This intentional shift benefits corporate shareholders, not patients.
The Truth About Privatization
Privatization does not fix health care, it weakens it. Public taxpayer dollars are diverted into corporate profits while resources are pulled away from the public system. The result: fewer staff and worse outcomes for patients, residents and clients. Evidence shows higher rates of complications and poorer outcomes in for-profit care.
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