From the Ontario NDP
Queen’s Park– Hamilton East–Stoney Creek NDP MPP Paul Miller called on the Premier in Question Period today to stand behind a decade of promises and rebuild West Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Grimsby.
Ontario NDP representative for Stoney Creek/East Hamilton, whose constituents are also served by the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital, located in the Niagara, Ontario community of Grimsby.
“The community has grown but the hospital has not,” said Miller. “Why are the Premier and his government turning their backs on their promises to the residents of West Niagara and Stoney Creek?”
On the cusp of tonight’s massive rally at Grimsby Secondary School, Miller asked the Premier what his message would be to the thousands he has chosen to abandon.
Avoiding the question, the Premier referred to Minister of Health Deb Matthews who in turn did not provide an explanation to the residents of West Niagara.
“The message at tonight’s rally is clear: do the right thing now,” argued Miller. “Rebuild the hospital that our expanding community so desperately needs.”
Miller also noted that the Liberal platform committed to “investing in new hospitals” and $14 million dollars has been raised by the community to date.
The rally will be held at Grimsby Secondary School this Wednesday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
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And we keep electing these idiots — and Oh yeh! isnt Hudak the MPP for that area???
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It was interesting to see a couple of people taking Tim Hudak to task last night at the rally for not going all out and fighting for a new hospital in his Riding.
We need the Opposition Parties to take a strong stance regarding health services and access to these services. Hospitals, long term care and home care will all suffer because of the decrease in funding for health care. We already are starting to see the impact in hospitals. People are waiting up to a year in order to get a placement in a long term care home. Home care is grossly underfunded and most people are not getting the care that they need in order to stay in their homes.
Working together – the Opposition can force the government to make changes in order to stave off an election.
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All of this is crass politics, just as cynical as the Premier Pinocchio convincing MPP Elizabeth Witmer to abandon her seat to head the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, to cut down the numbers of opposition members in the legislature. The Liberals will then gun for that seat with some star candidate so they can get a majority they originally coveted. This business with the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital would not be in play if a Liberal member occupied that seat.
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I agree, Angela. And the Liberals know that Hudak’s on shaky ground right now, even in his own riding. So sit back and watch as Matthews plays games with the West Lincoln Memorial rebuild…It’s all about suckering votes for the next election — which may come sooner that we think.
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