After the third budget and into the third (year), and (they're) far, far short of meeting that promise. |
At the same time the government has failed to meet that promise, we know that there will be thousands of nurses who are due to retire in 2008. |
That has been challenging for us -- making sure that we carve out good, quality family time. |
The answer is to undertake a serious, comprehensive recruitment of both medical officers of health and the other professionals that are needed to sustain the system. |
The government ... has responded with pilot projects for the GTA, which may make some marginal improvements, but certainly doesn't respond to the criticisms that the provincial auditor has raised. |
We'll be looking very carefully at the reforms and I can tell you we'll be very critical if patients like these don't get the drugs that they need. |