Thread by @downtownrob88

Health Minister Sylvia Jones' 60-day vanishing act during a historic breakdown in hospital services aroused demands for action until she finally did open her mouth to release the bombshell everyone knew was coming;

Declaring "all options" would be on the table to deal with.../2

...the hospitals crisis – as distinct from "solutions" – Jones all but guaranteed the profit motive will become a fundamental feature of the Ontario medical sector;

Only 2 days after her initial Zoom hit with CP24, the under-fire Jones was expanding upon an empty.../3

...Speech from the Throne that satisfied only private sector healthcare operators, roadbuilders, institutional construction managers and private school operators;

Jones, the latest Ford minion serving as fodder for Ford's cannonading attacks on social services, conveniently.../4

...failed to note that costs escalate in profiteering business models. For ICU RNs in 2022, agencies charge up to $110/hr ($65, pre-Covid), diverting public money to private clinics who are taking advantage of the supply-demand curve hospitals face in staffing;

Ford spends../5

...freely on private sector agencies but won't pay his own HCWs; the result is massive benefits for the Mike Harrises of healthcare at the expense of vulnerable patients. The inescapable conclusion is public system nurses working beside a temp nurse making much more money is.../5

...an acceptable scenario for this premier. The wage-suppressed nurses quit, the agencies fill the gap, the cycle repeats and Doug has a new business associate. The endgame for the Queen's Park Racketeer is clear, ramifications be damned.

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