Doug Ford's cost-cutting could hit health-care system hard, watchdog warns
Ontario Premier Doug Ford watches as Health Minister Christine Elliott speaks at an event at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto on Jan. 30, 2019.
"Restraining health sector spending to this extent without compromising health care access or quality would be a significant challenge," the report said. "Unless people stop aging and the population stops growing," Ontario will need to inject another $12 billion into its annual health-care budget by 2022 just to maintain the services that exist now, financial accountability officer Peter Weltman told reporters.by the end of its four-year mandate.
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