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Bob Rae's NDP government, (who were instrumental in ordering the study into under utilization of hospitals and this study recommended hospital closures upon which Harris acted) 15 years ago in 1992, spent a then-record $17.5 billion on health care. His and subsequent governments continued to pour more into the system. By 2007, health ministry spending on hospitals, doctors, nurses, long-term care homes and other services had more than doubled to $37.5 billion and almost $1 billion more is spent on health infrastructure.
Over the same period, Ontario's population grew from 10.5 million to 12.8 million -- an increase of only 2.2 million people, or 18%.
Patients are noticing. A recent SES-Sun Media poll found that despite increased spending of almost $9 billion over the past four years, most voters believe the health care system is the same or worse than when McGuinty's Liberals came to power in 2003. If you can't find a doctor, get stuck with your kid or a parent for hours in an emergency room, or have to travel punishing distances for treatment, especially in rural areas and the north, you're likely to feel the system isn't working.
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And I will bet you will find similar facts about education spending. And as far as downloading to municipalities just think about how the federal liberals were able to able achieve surpluses. Martin did it by cutting transfer payments to the have provinces at a time when Harris was trying to clean up the mess left by Bob Rae and the ndp.
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