Merrilee Fullerton said Friday she is stepping down as the provincial representative for Kanata\u002DCarleton immediately.
“A strong sense of duty brought me to politics after decades as a family physician serving my community, to continue my work toward solutions that would address the shortcomings of our health-care system and improve health services for individuals,” she wrote in her resignation letter to Ford.Fullerton’s first role in cabinet was as minister of colleges, training and universities, a post she held for one year.
She was heavily criticized for the havoc COVID-19 wrought on long-term care: 3,794 nursing home residents had died from the virus by the time she was shuffled out of the role in June 2021, and thousands more were infected. Five nursing homes were hit so bad that the province called the Canadian Army in to help.
Ontario was unable to reach its target of providing funding for core autism therapies to 8,000 families by the end of fall 2022, though it wouldn’t say by how much.
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