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Ontario has granted a three-month funding extension for doctors to provide care through virtual emergency departments, The Canadian Press has learned. Several hospitals had said they planned to shut down their virtual ERs — and one says it still will — because the provincial funding was set to run out …
Read More »Ontario doctors blast province for ending health care for uninsured residents
Ontario doctors and the organization representing them blasted the provincial government on Saturday for its quietly unveiled plans to end a program that provides health-care services for people without health insurance. The Ontario Medical Association said it first learned of the pending suspension on Friday, issuing a statement saying it …
Read More »Ontario budget to bring ‘targeted investments’ but no more paid sick day program
TORONTO — It’s budget day in Ontario and the finance minister says he’s prepared a plan with “targeted investments” to ensure the province’s economy stays resilient in the face of uncertainty. One investment that won’t be in the budget, however, is a sick day program. Government sources told The Canadian …
Read More »Ontario announces $1.25B for LTC staffing for next year
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 17, 2023 2:06 pm Updated March 17, 2023 3:21 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario’s long-term care minister says the province is giving $1.25 billion in the next fiscal year to homes for hiring and staff retention. The province …
Read More »Libraries ask for Ontario-wide digital system to ensure equal access to materials
TORONTO — Ontario’s libraries are asking the government to create a provincewide digital public library, to ensure residents in smaller municipalities have the same access to materials as people in large, urban centres. Libraries are mostly funded by municipalities, so each library system has to purchase their own material, said …
Read More »Ontario municipalities feel impacts of housing law, worry over little audit progress
TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …
Read More »Ontario reviewing nursing agency practices in long-term care homes, minister says
Ontario is reviewing pricing practices of nursing agencies involved in long-term care homes, the minister responsible for the file said Wednesday. Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said at the legislature that his deputy minister has formed a technical advisory committee to examine the issue in response to queries about price …
Read More »Ford government accuses Ontario NDP of sending photographer to premier’s daughter’s wedding
Ontario government House Leader Paul Calandra accused NDP Leader Marit Stiles of sending a photographer to the wedding of Premier Doug Ford‘s daughter during an eyebrow-raising exchange at Queen’s Park — an allegation that the NDP says is false. Stiles said the suggestion was a sign of “desperation” from a …
Read More »Ontario says it has doubled number of long-term care home inspectors
The province says the hiring of 193 new long-term care inspection staff, including 156 inspectors, is part of a three-year $72.3 million investment. News Source link
Read More »Northwestern Ontario communities get policing discounts from province, say more needed
A coalition of northwestern Ontario mayors say the province has agreed to help with their communities’ rising policing costs but more financial support is needed. The mayors of Sioux Lookout, Kenora and Pickle Lake formed a coalition last year to ask the province for relief as escalating homelessness, drug addition …
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