Health care issues were certainly part of the focus of today’s provincial pre-budget consultation held in the Sault by the province’s Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs both inside and outside the Delta Waterfront Hotel.  A noon hour demonstration was held outside led by the Ontario Federation of Labour and Ontario Health Coalition.  Algoma-Manitoulin MPP Michael Mantha had a chance to address the demonstrators while also taking in the hearing and he had this message…

Mantha says Sault Area Hospital is not being utilized to its full capacity because its budget has been frozen for the last few years leading to vacant beds and job losses.