A bureaucrat has been fired and police contacted by the head of Ontario’s public service after the leak to the opposition New Democrats of Premier Doug Ford’s health care overhaul plan.The dismissal of the unnamed civil servant came Monday as NDP Leader Andrea Horwath revealed more internal government documents, dated Dec. 13 and later, which suggest Ford is preparing to privatize some health services under a new “super agency” first reported by the Star in December.“The Ford government has been keeping it all under wraps,” Horwath told a news conference, following up on the release by her office last week of confidential draft legislation to create a new health “super agency” with powers to contract out more health services.“They are covering up the fact that Ford’s overhaul of the health care system is a done deal.”Health Minister Christine Elliott denied accusations from Horwath — who cited one document on “outsourcing” — that the government will be privatizing health inspections, laboratories, licensing, medical devices, and the Ornge air ambulance service.“The answer is no,” Elliott told reporters during a news conference where she repeatedly evaded questions about indications in the documents that some other measures have been passed by cabinet.Read more: Ontario health minister downplays confidential draft bill that would create ‘super agency’ and allow more privatizationOntario won’t contract health services to lowest bidder, Christine Elliot saysOpinion | Martin Regg Cohn: The danger of two-tier medicine if Doug Ford’s top doc doesn’t seek informed consent firstThe minister would not confirm what has been approved, other than to say nothing is “finalized” and that “there are many, many parts to this entire plan.”An aide said later that “due to the importance of cabinet confidentiality, we are u ...
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