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Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
May 16, 2024 09:00AM
  • May/16/24 10:50:00 a.m.

As I clearly stated, I don’t think the Leader of the Opposition likes to listen to the facts.

We’ve invested $1.1 million into two new primary care teams in Sault Ste. Marie.

Speaker, I’ll state it again: Ontario is leading the country, with almost 90% of Ontarians having a family doctor or a primary care health provider.

We are continuing to reverse the horrible Liberal policies that were propped up by many of the members of the NDP over there. Since 2018, as I’ve stated clearly, we’ve registered 12,500 new doctors in Ontario, and we’ll continue doing what is needed to be done to ensure that we have the best publicly funded health care system across Canada.

Last year, we registered 2,400 new doctors who practise in our province.

We’re also opening a new medical school at York University that the opposition can vote for today.

Last year was a record-breaking year for nurses in Ontario. We registered over 17,500 nurses. We’ve also increased the amount of nursing seats by 3,000 nursing seats in Ontario’s colleges and universities.

We’re funding the largest expansion of medical school spots in over 15 years, adding 1,212 undergraduate and 1,637 postgraduate seats across Ontario. Speaker, 60% of these spots will be dedicated to family medicine.

Again, I recommend the Leader of the Opposition vote for our budget today.

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