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Last year, Ontario spent almost $1B on agency nurses and PSWs (canadahealthwatch.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by booja@booja.ca to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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[–] psvrh@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 months ago

Apropos of nothing, Lauren Harris (Mike Harris' wife) owns an firm that hires out agency nurses.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 7 months ago

Now I see where the efficiencies we were promised have materialized.

[–] 8ender@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Have to admit, this is a sneaky back door way to privatize healthcare. Just cap wages super low, lose all your workers, and force the system to contract out.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

That’s why people said he was privatizing healthcare in his previous term

What I love is he is using this in ads to boast how much he is doing for healthcare