There’s plenty to be disappointed by in the young tenure of the Ford government in Ontario. An ill-timed crusade against Toronto city council, a terribly communicated budget replete with controversial cuts to public health, and a taxpayer-funded Pravda in the form of Ontario News Now are textbook examples of how to squander your political capital in less than a year.
This dumpster fire culminated in a significant cabinet shuffle that saw high-profile cabinet ministers like Vic Fedeli and Lisa MacLeod demoted. Making matters worse, on the day when this government reset was announced, it was revealed that Premier Ford’s chief of staff oversaw several patronage appointments that will, in time, be regarded as some of the worst in the history of our province.
Against this backdrop is a sliver of good news for the government in the form of Dr. Rueben Devlin’s second report as chair of the Premier’s Council on Improving Healthcare. This team of experienced and well respected healthcare professionals is tasked with the complex challenge of reducing hallway medicine, which will admittedly take more than a four-year mandate to resolve.
Nevertheless, the council has used this update as the foundation for a roadmap moving forward, and there are several key areas that will become pillars for the future of healthcare in Ontario.
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