Ford ramping up privatization of Ontario health care system
Ontario spends $2,000 less per person per year than the average of the other provinces. 15 million people live in Ontario. That means the Ford government would need to spend an additional $30 billion each year just to be average. Instead, Ford is privatizing the Ontario health care system.
In Ontario, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita hit its historic high in 2019.
According to Randy Robinson, Ontario Director for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, there is more money in the province than when Ontario created Medicare, built the 400 series highways or set up the community college system.
Robinson says, “Ontario’s economic foundation is strong and yet, we continue to spend far less on public services than other provinces do.”
As a province, on a per capita basis, Ontario has the lowest health care funding. Ontario also has the lowest hospital funding, fewest hospital beds and fewest nurses.
According to Robinson, “When it comes to program spending, Ontario spends $2,000 less per person per year than the average of the other provinces.”
With 15 million people living in Ontario, that means the Ford government would need to spend an additional $30 billion each year just to be average.
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