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In the middle of an article about the debate regarding health care spending priorities, the Intellegencer offers this inconsequential tidbit:
Hudak was part of the Conservative government of Premier Mike Harris, who made sweeping cuts to health care and other sectors.
This is simply not true. Believe me I wish that it was true but it isn’t. Mike Harris increased health care spending over the course of his term. All that Mike Harris did was close a few hospitals that were being underutilized, and yet this myth continues to this day.
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Although Mike Harris increased his portion of health care funding the overall amount spent on health care in Ontario went down because Paul Martin jr. as finance minister cut transfers to the provinces for health, education, etc. without a word from the MSM.
Blue: Untrue. Transfers from the federal government dropped, yes, but absolute spending went up something like $10 billion over Harris' term(and it was only $17 billion when he started).
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