Billion-dollar funding for Ontario health care in provincial budget [Video]

Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows.

The province said it is investing $2 billion over three years in home care services, nearly $1 billion more for hospitals and hundreds of millions to expand primary care coverage.

“Ontarians are also counting on us to maintain a strong health-care system now and for future generations,” said Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy as he released the budget on Tuesday.

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The province previously committed $1 billion over three years as part of its reforms for home and community care, which sees care provided at home or in a community setting by nurses, personal support workers and others.

“I don’t know many people who don’t want to age at home with their loved ones in familiar surroundings,” Bethlenfalvy said.

The finance minister …