Public $ continue to enrich private agencies. Rates up 2X. Costs in the $100s of millions. Why hasn’t @ongov attended to this vital issue as they promised in Aug’22? Ontario spending on private nursing agencies quadrupled since COVID-19, data show /via theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

The privatization of nursing care in Ontario is costing taxpayers millions of dollars (fees paid to agencies exceed union rate + pension/benefits) Premier Ford should be protecting hospitals from predatory pricing by for-profit agencies.

The status quo wastes millions needed for patient care. What prevents hospitals from collaborating? Become price setters vs. price takers in the agency nurse market. What if hospitals banned agencies altogether & worked with unions to create more flexible scheduling?

Great thread. 264/1430 ie. 18.5% of family medicine residency positions went unfilled in Canada in 2023. When medical students consider opportunity cost, debt load and working conditions as a trainee, how will adding a year to residency motivate them to choose family medicine?

I reported two acts of antisemitism to Toronto Police in the past two days. Both have been categorized “hate crimes.“ I’ve lived here my entire life and never experienced this. Tolerance and understanding must prevail over ignorance and hate.

Jews make up 1.4% of the Canadian population. Jews standing up against Jew hatred will not be enough. The Jew hunting in Russia may seem far away, but we have seen this happen before. Now is the time for non-Jews to stand up against Jew hatred. We need you.

Do not make space for Jew hate.

If targeting Jewish businesses becomes an accepted form of Jew hatred in Toronto...how long until Jewish schools, synagogues, homes and even individuals...are next.

Expired Health Cards should be renewable at the point of care. HC renewal reminders are no longer sent to most 16-70. Expired HCs will show up in ICUs/ERs/Clinics w/ greater frequency. Sick patients w/o family to go to Service Ontario for them, can't get their HC renewed.

Nearly every day in the ICU we have an OHIP-eligible patient with an expired healthcard. Hospitals forego revenue and MDs work for free. These patients can't go to Staples. If @ongov wants to make HC renewal more convenient, it should also be available in hospitals.

Health Cards should be renewable where patients receive care.

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While the are several reasons why 100 family medicine residency spots went unfilled in Canada, the Liberal budget will only worsen the situation. By targeting the ability of MDs to save for retirement, office-based primary care will be less attractive to new grads.

Retaining practicing Canadian physicians is vital. The answer to Mr. Cochrane's question is shocking.

The Minister of Health doesn't understand how the CG inclusion rate change affects MDs & other incorporated professionals/small business owners. The $250K t-hold isn't available to ~60,000 incorporated MDs. A carve out for prof corps/sml bus'n to have $250K t-hold would help.

Jewish businesses targeted. Synagogue windows shattered. Jewish school shot at. I fear for what comes next.

By advising provinces to use new tax revenue to increase MD compensation, Minister Freeland is acknowledging that the Federal tax changes are punitive as they will immediately devalue the retirement savings of the majority of Canadian physicians.

A repair person came to my house. He was lamenting the changes to the CG inclusion rate. He immigrated at 16, has 5 kids and works 7 days/wk. No pension. Took financial risk to invest in rental properties to fund his retirement. He doesn’t consider himself part of the 0.13%