Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters upon arriving late for a meeting between Canada's premiers and Indigenous leaders at the Council of the Federation meetings in Halifax on Monday, July 15, 2024.
Both the NDP and Liberal parties criticized the Ontario premier for joking about sending overflow patients to a new veterinary clinic, at a time when wait times are high. A spokesperson for the premier dismissed the joke, saying Ford's government has made record investments in the public health-care system.The Canadian PressOntario Premier Doug Ford speaks to reporters at a meeting in Halifax on July 15.
A spokesperson for the premier says he was making a joke referring to the size of the 60,000-square-foot, four-storey hospital and that the government has made record investments in the public health-care system, including dozens of new MRI machines and CT scanners in hospitals.
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