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Ontario Liberals Want to Bring in the Military to Help with Staffing Shortages at Hospitals

Wednesday, 5 January 2022 09:14

The Ontario Liberal Party wants to bring in the military to help with staff shortages at Ontario hospitals.

The Ontario Liberal party says it is time to call in the military to help with staffing shortages at hospitals. 

Leader Steven Del Duca says we need to take urgent action to resolve the staffing crisis in hospitals. 

“I have heard from healthcare heroes telling me stories from the frontlines about how shocking the current situation is given how long Ontario had to prepare. Because of Doug Ford’s failure to take any preventative action before the fifth wave became a tsunami, and nurses being driven out of the profession by his anti-nurse government, we are facing an unprecedented staffing shortage that requires immediate action.”

Thousands of surgeries have already been postponed during the fifth wave of the pandemic.

Del Duca and the Liberals are calling for the following measures to address the situation. 

- Urgently request the assistance of the Canadian military today to support our increasingly overwhelmed hospitals and long-term care homes.

- Recall the legislature to repeal the wage-capping Bill 124 so we can prevent nurses from leaving their profession.

- Expedite the process to get our internationally educated nurses credentialed in Ontario. 

- Invite on a voluntary basis registered health professionals beyond nursing and medicine to participate in vaccinations to free up doctors and nurses who are needed in our hospitals. Dentists and chiropodists, for example, can give injections, are regulated, and want to help.
 

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