The Ontario Medical Association said the suggestions on how to re-organize the health-care system included in the report on patient care groups released publicly yesterday could take 'years' and 'much needed funds.' ...
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Report recommends province add a new layer of administration to primary care
Ministry of Health says it will take report – written by a group it convened in 2013 – as one piece of advice as it looks at how to strengthen primary care in Ontario ...
Premier: Frustration behind school boards’ move to reveal bargaining details with ETFO
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario calls OPSBA’s releasing sick leave and benefits as two issues left to be dealt with 'bad faith bargaining and a 'hostile move' ...
School boards say sick leave, benefits only remaining issues
In contract talks, Ontario Public School Boards' Association says other issues including class size and teacher supervision time have been tentatively agreed on with the Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario and the ...
Per-person spending on drugs in Ontario among highest in world
The yearly report released from Health Quality Ontario also shows the province is the only jurisdiction other than the United States where private spending on prescription drugs is higher than public spending. ...
Premier ‘encouraged’ by progress in contract talks with ETFO
While Kathleen Wynne and Education Minister Liz Sandals have said they're waiting for ETFO to come back to the table after it consults internally, union president Sam Hammond has said ETFO is waiting for the the governme ...
OPSEU deal contains ‘anti-privatization’ language, union says
In a summary posted on its website, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says the three-year tentative agreement includes language that would require the government to work with the union before it outsources publi ...
Tory backbencher’s motion on agri-food education supported by all parties
PC MPP Lisa Thompson's motion aims to help reach 120,000-job target in Ontario's agri-food industry by 2020 ...
Wynne talks climate change with Jiangsu province party secretary
Premier Kathleen Wynne signed a memorandum of understanding that touched on culture, technology and business co-operation with Luo Zhijun Wednesday. ...
Education minister says Ontario’s private school growth slow compared with rest of Canada
A Fraser Institute report released Tuesday shows Ontario's independent school population increased 9.4 per cent between 2000-01 and 2012-13. ...