The Progressive Conservatives promised shortly after the August 2021 election that they would cut the backlog to 12,000 people within 18 months—by February 2023.
Linda Silas, president of the 200,000-member Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, said funding must be used to ease critical shortages across hospitals and nursing homes in order to have any real impact.
Review of Canadian heart failure registry shows between 19% and 93% of hospitalized patients are not being prescribed recommended therapies, despite being eligible.
The Tory leader echoed criticisms from some premiers that the overall increase falls far short of what provincial and territorial leaders were hoping for.