Ontario legislature returns amid health staffing crisis, high inflation

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Tuesday’s throne speech to outline government’s priorities as legislators return for the first time since the provincial election

Ontario’s legislature is set to resume this week for the first time since the re-election of Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, with politicians returning amid a health-care staffing crisis and skyrocketing inflation.

“The government will also reiterate how it’s supporting the health-care system particularly in light of current pressures.That said, we are signalling that the context and climate in which that agenda is being implemented is shifting based on global economic trends.” Opposition critics and nursing groups say the nursing college directive does not amount to the province doing everything in its power to address the situation, as Ford recently promised.

“I think that’s part of the problem we have with retention right now, as well as recruitment,” Tabuns said at a press conference Friday.

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