Dalton McGuinty’s REAL Record on Health
Layoffs, scandals, taxes, longer wait times
After seven years of Dalton McGuinty, Ontario families have a good idea of what to expect from him on health care – and it’s not pretty. Dalton McGuinty:
- Brought in an $18 billion health tax that doesn’t even go to health care.
- Wasted $1 billion in the eHealth scandal.
- Diverted $250 million from front line care to administration and salaries at the LHINs.
- Doubled the wait lists for long-term care beds to 25,000 seniors.
- Failed to secure a family doctor for the roughly 1 million Ontarians without one.
- Drove up the number of people travelling to the United States for health care by a shocking 450%.
- Wasted millions on Liberal friendly consultants at Cancer Care Ontario.
- Cut 2,400 front line nursing positions in the last 18 months alone.
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