Published Jan 27, 2025 at 8:13pm
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, and Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones listen to questions from the opposition during question period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Dec. 6, 2023. The Ontario government says it is spending $1.4 billion in new money to ramp up primary health care, just two days before the premier is set to call a snap election. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette RJB
The Ontario government says it is spending $1.4 billion in new money to ramp up primary health care, just two days before the premier is set to call a snap election.
Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the goal is to connect every Ontarian with primary care by 2029.
Jones says the plan will proceed despite Premier Doug Ford's pledge to ask the lieutenant-governor to dissolve parliament on Tuesday for an election nearly 1 1/2 years early.
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