• The province is short 3,000 nurses
• 1 in 7 don’t have a family doctor
• In 2026 if could be, 26%
• Emergency rooms are closing
• 45,000 elderly people are waiting for long-term care. One resident told me he waited 7 months for an MRI at Princess Margaret and 9 months at Trillium.

Ontario has only six medical schools and turns away thousands of qualified applicants each year. More capacity and spaces to train doctors, nurses and diagnostics personnel is needed.