{"id":718846,"date":"2026-06-06T11:03:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718846\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T11:03:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T11:03:10","slug":"you-said-it-money-flows-but-no-fix-for-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/718846\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Money flows, but no fix for health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentMONEY FLOWS, BUT NO FIX FOR HEALTH CARE<\/p>\n<p>We had Premier Doug Ford finding $29 million for the purchase of a jet \u2014 before he had to backtrack on it \u2014 then we have the City of Ottawa spending about $20 million on an intersection at Baseline and Greenbank, and we have Ottawa spending billions on the LRT, which works now and then.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>We have all these people, from city councillors to provincial and federal leaders, who are supposed to be working for the people, but they can\u2019t find the money for our hospitals or medical care. A person like my aunt, who is 98, had to wait hours and hours for care at the hospital, until about 3:30 a.m., along with many others. This sort of thing has been going on for years, with no end in sight to get the system fixed.<\/p>\n<p>We all keep voting the same people in, year after year, thinking it\u2019s somehow going to change.<\/p>\n<p>I would hope that someone, someday, will do the responsible thing, but I\u2019ve lost faith in these people.<\/p>\n<p>BILL BRAZEAU<br \/>OTTAWA<\/p>\n<p>MACDONALD\u2019S COURAGE<\/p>\n<p>A note to my fellow Canadians who despise Donald Trump and everything American now \u2014 the same woke Canadians who won the battle to have Sir John A. Macdonald\u2019s name, reputation and legacy erased from our culture and heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the fact is that, without Macdonald\u2019s perseverance, integrity and courageous actions in the 1860s, our great country would have been conquered by the Americans following the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>Something to think about, my woke, misled friends.<\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL LEONARD FLORIO<br \/>BRAMPTON, ONT.<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-dnd-to-build-elite-force\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Canadian Armed Forces\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/pa02-2019-0286_97106302.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: DND to build &#8216;elite&#8217; force<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-leadership-lacking\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1780743790_979_2269955102_302499409.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Leadership lacking<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article contentMONEY FLOWS, BUT NO FIX FOR HEALTH CARE We had Premier Doug Ford finding $29 million for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-718846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}