Today, Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, issued the following statement:
“Physicians play a vital role in the lives of Ontario patients and I know how hard they work to deliver the highest quality care to their patients every day. For that, they are the best paid doctors in Canada, making $368,000 on average per year before expenses according to the Canadian Institute of Health Information. And they deserve to be well compensated because they are the best at what they do.
For more than a year now, my ministry and I have been urging the Ontario Medical Association to return to the table and negotiate a new agreement with doctors – an agreement that will ensure that they remain well compensated, but that also results in a predictable and fair budget for physician compensation.”
Full article at: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care