{"id":25860,"date":"2019-02-04T15:35:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/?p=25860"},"modified":"2019-02-04T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T20:35:22","slug":"newly-leaked-documents-show-pc-health-care-changes-done-deal-ndp-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mileniostadium.com\/canada\/newly-leaked-documents-show-pc-health-care-changes-done-deal-ndp-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Newly leaked documents show PC health care changes ‘done deal’, NDP says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath\u00a0revealed new\u00a0documents on Monday she says show the province\u00a0had already signed off on leaked health-care legislation the Progressive Conservatives\u00a0dismissed as “just a draft” last week.<\/p>\n

Hours later, Health Minister Christine Elliott battled back with her own news conference accusing the NDP of “fear-mongering.”\u00a0Elliott\u00a0also said the documents were non-partisan public service documents that she had never seen.<\/p>\n

But the NDP says the “internal government documents” released on Monday\u00a0appear to be government presentations, and include references to cabinet approving the plan and appointing board members.<\/p>\n

“It’s a done deal,”\u00a0Horwath\u00a0said. “But the entire Ford government has been hiding this plan from the public. Why? Because people won’t like it.”<\/p>\n

The documents follow last week’s draft legislation, also leaked by the NDP,\u00a0showing the Doug Ford government wants to create a “super agency.”<\/p>\n

The NDP accused the\u00a0government of trying to create a two-tier\u00a0private health system in Ontario, but Elliott denied that allegation\u00a0last week, maintaining\u00a0the government is committed to strengthening the province’s health system.<\/p>\n

CBC Toronto has learned that the public servant behind the “unauthorized disclosure of confidential government documents” has been fired. The OPP has been notified of the breach, said Steven Davidson, the head of the Ontario Public Service.<\/p>\n

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Christine Elliott says her government is committed to strengthening Ontario’s public health-care system.\u00a0(Ed Middleton\/CBC)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

‘Unprecedented power’<\/h2>\n

In December,\u00a0high ranking officials received confidential information of the government’s planned changes to Ontario’s health-care system,\u00a0Horwath\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Horwath\u00a0said the changes would\u00a0give the PC government “unprecedented power to farm out” services to private sector\u00a0entities.<\/p>\n

The NDP also says the documents introduce a new model of care delivery, called\u00a0MyCare\u00a0groups, which would outsource services such as laboratories, many of which are already privately run, and the province’s air ambulance service.<\/p>\n

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NDP says changes from Doug Ford government would overhaul the system and create a two-tier private system.\u00a0(Shutterstock)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

The NDP leader said the contracts would be won through\u00a0a bid system, which will have “expression of interest” due in March, if the legislation were approved.<\/p>\n

No skipping the line<\/h2>\n

Ontario’s health minister said Monday the NDP “intentionally created confusion” about the PCs’ plans for health care in Ontario.<\/p>\n

Elliott said the government has no plans to create for pay services and says people with money will never be able to “skip the line” when it comes to health-care services.<\/p>\n

“We will not be privatizing any of the services referenced today by Andrea Horwath,” Elliott said. “In fact, the document that she released today was an internal non-partisan public service document which I have never seen.”<\/p>\n

Elliott went on to say, her government is bringing\u00a0“desperately needed and overdue changes”\u00a0Ontario’s health system at a later date.<\/p>\n

Last week, the\u00a0NDP released a draft version of upcoming PC health-care legislation, which would dissolve the province’s Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN) and create a “super agency” to oversee the health system.<\/p>\n

Due diligence<\/h2>\n

The NDP received all the documents last week, but\u00a0only released the draft legislation last week and held onto the internal government documents over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“I think it was\u00a0important for our staff to take as much due diligence as possible,” Horwath\u00a0said, defending\u00a0her decision to withhold some details last week,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We do not have anything else to share with you on this subject, and who knows, we all know how this works, today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow and next week is next week.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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