George Smitherman
George Smitherman
George Smithermanis a Canadian politician and broadcaster. He represented the provincial riding of Toronto Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2010, when he resigned to contest the mayoralty of Toronto in the 2010 municipal election. Smitherman is the first openly gay Member of Provincial Parliamentelected in Ontario, and the province's first openly gay cabinet minister. In January 2011, he joined talk radio station CFRB as a contributor and fill-in host on the Live Drive with John...
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the comprehensive nature of the work that they do, both in addressing the individual health needs of people, and the needs of communities.
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the comprehensive nature of the work that they do.
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Jurisdictions like Ontario might choose to have an access target, an initial one, that is a half or a third of the way toward the destination point, ... and once we've hit it we would seek to bring in a more aggressive access target.
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Our government has a vision of a health care system that will keep Ontarians healthier, get them good care when they're sick, and will be there for their children and grandchildren,
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This is one of the very many ideas that's out there and warrants appropriate consideration,
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That man was most likely John Clarke. I've had a history with him.
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The public health units are much stronger than they were,
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We're struggling with circumstances like this always in the institutional environment, ... (But) I'm very confident that the steps that have been taken are the appropriate ones.
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We have dealt in one or two areas (without full time medical officers) with outbreaks, and I think most people's reports are that we've dealt with those well.
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We need to do a better job of understanding who it is we seek to serve, what their particular needs are -- and if we do that well, we can align our resources more appropriately,
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We need to look in those jurisdictions that have taken that step (to see) whether it's proven to be effective.