The people of Ontario demand that healthcare be fully funded by the Ford government and not privatized for special interest groups lobbying our Premier. The crisis in our healthcare system was created by this government as a prelude to privatization. The FAO report clearly shows a pattern of underfunding, wage suppression and unallocated funds in the midst of a global pandemic. The Ontario government has adequate resources available to support the healthcare portfolio without exploring privatization. In fiscal year 2021- 2022 - at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic - the Ministry of Health reduced spending on healthcare by 1.8 billion for acute care in hospitals and emergency services. Data from Ontario's Financial Accountability Office shows the following cuts to investment in public healthcare. 

Operation of hospitals:

1.2 billion

Regional coordination operations support:

443 million (this includes airlift and emergency capacity)

Small hospital projects:

210 million

Reducing system capacity when the health system is under stress is the opposite of good financial and operational stewardship. Moreover, only 58% of the 2.6 billion budget for Covid-19 response was used.  This left 1.1 billion to invest into restoring system capacity to handle strain on healthcare workers from Covid-19 surges in demand. In total, by the end of April 2022, Ontario had 2.9 billion of funding capacity available for healthcare, which went unused. Instead of considering privatization, which has been shown in the United States to only increase prices of care without improving quality or volume of health services delivered, the Ontario government should use what resources it has at it's disposal. If they are unwilling to do so, the government needs to step down. https://www.fao-on.org/en/Blog/Publications/2021-22-expenditure-monitor-q4