
Billions of Tax Dollars Funnelled to For-Profit Nursing Agencies One More Example of Ford Government’s Push to Privatize Health Care
TORONTO, ON, May 12, 2025 – Reports from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives showing that Ontario hospitals spent $9 billion on nursing agencies in the past decade show the extent of privatization and the false economy that has resulted from underfunding the province’s publicly funded and delivered health-care system, says the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).