A-Duba billion dollars of public money has gone to paying agencies much more than what public workers get paid to fill gaps in nurse and PSW capacity at hospitals and nursing homes: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hospital-ltc-agency-staff-1.7154329 #OnPoli #FordCorruption
Ontario hospitals, LTC homes spent nearly $1B on agency staff last year | CBC News
A November 2023 staffing agency update obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request shows that agency use increased from 2021-22 to 2022-23 by every metric — in hospitals and long-term care, in hours worked and in total costs.