Mr Marin makes a call
In Cobourg we have had closures of hospital run clinics bsed on approval by "public consultation". A citizens panel was established (opinions abound about the legitimacy of that process) and they recommended that closure take place. If memory is correct this panel only had one public session out of five held. Does that make the cut under Mr Marin's rules? If it doesn't then the opponents case that the closings were out of line hold water. Anyway it seems that Mr Biron and his high priced consultants will have to head back to the drawing board to design a proper and transparent consutation process for the next round of cuts, that are as inevitable as night follows day.
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Today's announcement that the liberals have delayed a review of the LHINs until after next year's provincial election is a call to action for opponents.
In their cowardly decision to put it off, instead of saving their skins I'm predicting it will simply provide Tim Hudak with the ammunition the tories need to pound them into the ground.
The big IF is whether the public is dumb enough, with short enough memories, to believe the tories will save public health care if they get elected.
Andrea Horvath, now is the time to show your stuff. There's so much dirt swept under the LHIN rug, expose them now please.
the term "consultation process" is rather open-ended. It leads some to believe that there will be a response to that input that will have a discernible effect on the end result of the issue being discussed. That is too often not the case though.
To be objective about it, consultation simply means to include in the discussion, not necessarily in the resolution.
If we want to ensure more than simply consultation, we have to redefine the terms of engagement. Then we can have some hope of having an impact on the final outcome.
We have to elect representatives that are themselves committed to engaging the end user not only in the process, but also in the resolution. Just constantly nipping at their heels isn't going to produce anything that resembles progress any time soon.
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