Ontario, N.S., N.B., P.E.I. premiers to fulfill Monday for well being care summit

TORONTO — The premiers of Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I. will meet in Moncton right this moment for a summit to debate Canada’s struggling health-care system.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford can be scheduled to fulfill individually with New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs, P.E.I. Premier Dennis King and federal Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic Leblanc previous to the summit.

Ford met along with his Nova Scotia counterpart Tim Houston on Sunday in Halifax to debate health-care system pressures.

His go to to the Maritimes comes as Ontario’s well being system has been strained by workers shortages in current weeks.

Some emergency rooms have been pressured to shut for hours and even days at a time.

Atlantic Canada’s provinces have additionally been contending with physician shortages, surgical procedure delays and recurring emergency room closures.