Liberal plan to sell off patient health records not in the best interests of Ontarians

Statement by Ontario NDP Health Critic France Gélinas

Ontario NDP Health Critic France Gélinas issued the following statement on the Liberal plan to sell off patient health records to the private sector.

“The Liberals are asking Ed Clark, their privatization czar, to help the government ‘maximize the value’ of Ontario’s assets in its digital health system. I have heard those words before; Premier Wynne uses those words when she means privatization. It looks like the Liberals are trying to find a PR-friendly way of saying they want to privatize more of our healthcare system. Ontarians expect their healthcare system to look out for patients, not hand confidential health records to private, for-profit companies. Ontarians expect health care cuts and privatization from Conservatives, but they expected more from the Premier. Nobody voted to have our private, personal, confidential health records sold off to the private sector.”