Doug Ford Bill 124

The criticism comes after Global News revealed internal government documents cited Bill 124 and low wages as part of the province's health-care staffing ...

Instead, the ministry of health provided a broad statement. “Attrition is around five per cent per year and has not increased,” the internal document reads. Opposition parties and nursing advocates called on the provincial government to repeal Bill 124. “According to Statistics Canada, between 2016 and 2021, the number of health care workers in Ontario grew by 86,200 – that’s a 18.5 per cent jump in new health care workers in just five years,” the statement read in part. “It’s now clear that (Doug) Ford and (Sylvia) Jones have always known that Bill 124 was contributing to the staffing crisis in our hospitals,” Ontario NDP health critic France Gélinas said in response to Global News’ reporting. [Ford government](https://globalnews.ca/tag/ford-government) is facing furious criticism after internal documents, obtained by Global News, acknowledged that low wages and [Bill 124](https://globalnews.ca/tag/bill-124) have had a negative impact on Ontario’s ability to retain nurses in the province’s health care sector.