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JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IN ONTARIO?

Every time I visit this topic, there is a significant discrepancy about the size of Valles Marineris on Mars, either that or I forgot how to do simple math.

Here is all of the breakdown I spent part of the night researching on - Google Search -

It looks like a failing heart monitor.〽️

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As of late 2025, Ontario has hired more than 260 U.S.-licensed doctors and nearly 1,400 U.S. Health care workers

The final statistics for December 31, 2025, were not yet available in the latest reports from that time.

These figures reflect the total number recruited throughout 2025, supported by a provincial initiative launched in June 2025 to fast-track the licensing process for American healthcare professionals.

Key Details Include:

Doctors: More than 260 U.S. physicians had moved to Ontario by September/November 2025.

Nurses: Nearly 1,400 U.S.-based nurses had registered to work in the province by September

2025.Process:

A new policy allows qualified U.S.-licensed physicians and nurses to work for up to six months while their full registration with the relevant provincial college is processed, removing a major barrier to employment.

ONTARIO IS FACING HOSPITAL AND CLINIC CLOSURE. WHY?

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Underfunding:

Primarily due to chronic underfunding, severe existing staff shortages and burnout, and a policy shift towards private clinics that draws resources from the public system. The recent hiring of U.S.-licensed professionals is a measure to help alleviate the staffing crisis, but it is not enough to offset these systemic issues.

*Inadequate Funding:*

Ontario's provincial funding for public hospitals is lower per capita than in any other Canadian province. The current funding increases often do not keep pace with the combined pressures of inflation, population growth, and an aging population, forcing many hospitals to operate at a deficit and make cuts.

• Widespread Staff Shortages and Burnout:
• Reliance on Private Agencies:
• Increased Demand:
• Insufficient Capacity Planning:

FORD ADMINISTRATION GOT 3.1 BILLION FOR OVER THREE YEARS for Health Care in February of 2024. Where is this $3.1 billion, Mr. Thief Ford?

If this is so, $3.1 billion in federal money, how come we still have a shortage in the hospitals and clinics that are currently operating? With all these new doctors and nurses, you would think there would be an improvement in the health system. I don't see any, MR. FORD, and I've been in and out of clinics to see doctors, and I've been in a hospital twice in the past ten years, and it's still the same old mess. I also have to go to another city to see a specialist because there are none where I live. Nothing has changed

WHY DON'T YOU COUGH UP WHAT YOU STOLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MR. THIEF FORD?

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As of late 2025, Ontario is experiencing a mix of permanent and temporary closures of some clinics and hospital services

primarily in rural areas, due to staffing shortages and funding issues. At the same time, the provincial government is investing in new and expanded health care facilities and services across Ontario.

Clinic and Service

Walk-in Clinics:

At least one health system in the Huron and Perth counties permanently closed its last remaining walk-in clinic at the end of 2025 due to a lack of available physicians and a lack of provincial funding for its operation.

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Temporary ER/Urgent Care Closures

Many rural hospitals and urgent care centers across Ontario continue to face frequent temporary closures or service reductions, often during nights or weekends, with staffing shortages (especially nurses) cited as the primary cause.

Service & Bed Cuts:

Concerns about potential service cuts or the loss of thousands of nurses and hospital beds across the province.

• Government Expansion and Investment:
• expansion and new facilities:
• New Construction/Expansion:
• Primary Care Action Plan:

Hospital Funding:

Ontario is providing up to $1.1 billion in additional hospital funding for 2025-2026, which includes base funding increases and one-time funding for the surgical system, intended to maintain high-quality services. And add 260 U.S.- LICENCED DOCTORS AND NEARLY 1,400 U.S. Health care workers

• Privatization of Surgeries:

EXCUSE ME, MR THIEF FORD. WHERE IS THE $3.1 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS FOR HEALTH CARE?

Is this $1.1 billion part of the February 2024 deal Federal government, Trudeau administration allotted $3.1 billion over three years?

IF CANADA IS TO SURVIVE ALL THIS FINANCIAL CALAMITY WE HAVE TO GET THE THIEVES AND LEACHES OFF THE FEDERAL TITY.

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In the 2024–25 fiscal year, the Ontario government projected health sector

Expenses of approximately $91.6 billion. The figure of $30 billion is not the total health budget but is referenced in different contexts related to the province's finances.

Here is a breakdown of how the figure of $30 billion relates to Ontario's finances and health sector:

• Total Program Expense Increase:
• Health Infrastructure:
• Federal Funding:

On February 2024, Ontario signed a health care agreement with the federal government that will provide $3.1 billion over three years to invest in the province's health care system.

• One-Time Tax Rebate:
• Early Pandemic Response:

BREAKING NEWS:

SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact waivers prohibiting the purchase of certain foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

It’s part of a push by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to urge states to strip foods regarded as unhealthy from the $100 billion federal program – long known as food stamps – that serves 42 million Americans. "We cannot continue a system that forces taxpayers to fund programs that make people sick and then pay a second time to treat the illnesses those very programs help create,” Kennedy said in a statement in December...

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PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2025, 3:19 PM ET - 11 hr ago

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Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota amid federal investigation into alleged fraud

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it has frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota, as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigate allegations of fraud, including at child care centers, in the latest show of federal force in the state — home to the country’s largest Somali population.

Deputy Secretary of HHS Jim O’Neill announced the funding freeze on X Tuesday, weeks after ICE launched operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to specifically target undocumented Somali immigrants, precipitated by revelations about widespread fraud against the state as well as President Donald Trump’s comments that he “doesn’t want” Somalis in the country.

The stepped-up effort also comes days after YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim videos in the past, posted a viral video in which he claimed to find widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers. The video, which includes limited evidence for the creator’s allegations, has received more than 2 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday morning and was retweeted by Vice President JD Vance and former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk...

• Surge follows viral video:
• DHS and FBI say they are investigating fraud:
• Dozens arrested in previous fraud scandal
• President has long-standing grudge against Somalis:

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Updated Dec 30, 2025, 9:28 PM ET - 5 hr ago

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Russia is approaching a grim milestone: by mid-January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that began with the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

Putin is famously obsessed with World War II and official veneration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany is part of the ideological glue that holds together the Russian state. Putin’s Russia has even seen the rehabilitation of Josef Stalin, the Communist dictator who presided over a ruthless purge in the 1930s before leading his country in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. But nearly four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a decisive victory over Kyiv eludes the Kremlin leader:...

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PUBLISHED Dec 31, 2025, 12:01 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Motorcycles seized in raids targeting Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding valued at $40M US: FBI

Other items seized included vehicles, artworks and what Mexican authorities described as Olympic medals

U.S. authorities have released more details on dozens of high-end motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian athlete now accused of running an international drug ring. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the motorcycles, which were among the items seized in raids in Mexico City and the surrounding state of Mexico, have an estimated value of $40 million US ($54.7 million Cdn).

Last week, Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection said multiple agencies carried out raids on four homes linked to a suspect whose description matched Wedding's...

New pictures of Ryan Wedding show changes in fugitive’s appearance

CBC Explains10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years

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Posted: Dec 30, 2025 8:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Major water main break in northwest Calgary leads to significant flooding, stranded cars

Fire official says 13 people were rescued from their cars

Ford, Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal that will see Ontario hire more health workers | CBC

Trudeau and Ford to sign Ontario health-care deal on Friday

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