Friday, April 19, 2024

Ontario NDP promise to fix health care, seniors care, cost of living

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Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says her party’s campaign is about “fixing health care and home care and bringing down the cost of homes for people.”

If elected in June, the NDP says it promises to:

  • Provide universal mental health care, covering therapy, counselling and other mental health services
  • Hire thousands of health care workers
  • Rebuild home care so seniors can live at home longer
  • Fix the long-term care system so it protects people’s quality of life
  • Provide homes people can afford, with measures like reinstating rent control, cracking down on speculators, building more starter homes and helping first time buyers with their down payment.
  • Fix affordability, with measures like regulating the price of gas and ending insurance gouging

“This election is about hope. Together we can fix what matters most to people: health care, the cost of housing, and making life more affordable. Your priorities are my priorities,” said Horwath in a statement.

The provincial election period is set to officially start on Wednesday.

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