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The $3.2 Billion Health Care Question the Ford Government Doesn’t Want You to Ask Aug. 13, 2026 Toronto Star By Iris Gorfinkel Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. “There always has to be accountability … that’s the least of our issues.” — Premier Doug Ford By Oct. 1, Ontario will report on a $3.195 billion question: What...
Featuring: Expert speakers from Statistics Canada & the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), political researchers, corporate researchers, health policy researchers, journalists and authors, & more Posted by the Ontario Health Coalition Posted on June 2, 20206 When: 9AM-5PM, June 25, 2026 Where: Live on Zoom Cost: $100 (Full day access + conference materials)...
By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor The Toronto Star May 28, 2026 Public health lives or dies on accurate measurement, dependable transparency and thoughtful investment. Instead of embracing these basics, the Ford government’s laws have done the opposite. Its public-health policies share a recurring thread — out of sight, out of mind. These are not accidents, but deliberate attempts to push...
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press May 14, 2026 Posted on CTV News Ontario’s new and more restrictive freedom-of-information laws have quashed another request, this time for documents that may have given a glimpse into potential hospital cuts. More than 70 per cent of Ontario hospitals are forecasting deficits, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones has told them to come up with three-year...
Researchers concerned the changes could catch on in other provinces Carly Penrose 13 May 2026 Investigative Journalism Foundation In less than four minutes on a Thursday afternoon, Ontario lawmakers voted to drastically restrict more than 40 years’ worth of government information that had previously been routinely available to reporters, researchers and the public. I know,...
Ontario Health Coalition May 7 2026 1. For-profit clinics take staff & funding away from public hospitals for easy, uncomplex (profitable) procedures, leaving behind complex “unprofitable” patients to the public hospitals with fewer staff & resources to care for them. 2. The Ford gov’t is paying hundreds of millions for ORs & MRIs owned by for-profit...
April 30, 2026 By Iris Gorfinkel, Contributor Iris Gorfinkel is a family physician and clinical researcher in Toronto. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm” Last month, my 82-year-old patient spent two nights on a hallway stretcher in a Toronto ER, her head propped up on a folded blanket. The reason? There simply weren’t...
