George Smitherman Quotations

We need to look in those jurisdictions that have taken that step (to see) whether it's proven to be effective.

Obviously it's easier to undertake redevelopment on a site that has some reduced level of programming and patient care provided,

Our government has a vision of a health care system that will keep Ontarians healthier, get them good care when they're sick, and will be there for their children and grandchildren,

Jurisdictions like Ontario might choose to have an access target, an initial one, that is a half or a third of the way toward the destination point, ... and once we've hit it we would seek to bring in a more aggressive access target.

We have a lot more distance to travel; that's well known to people,

Well that's what we're working on here, today,

We need to do a better job of understanding who it is we seek to serve, what their particular needs are -- and if we do that well, we can align our resources more appropriately,

We're struggling with circumstances like this always in the institutional environment, ... (But) I'm very confident that the steps that have been taken are the appropriate ones.

The public health units are much stronger than they were,

This website will provide patients with information on actual wait times, broken out by procedure, by community, by hospital, by local health integration network,

We have dealt in one or two areas (without full time medical officers) with outbreaks, and I think most people's reports are that we've dealt with those well.

This is one of the very many ideas that's out there and warrants appropriate consideration,

This initiative is going to allow us to train more of these valuable health-care providers, so they can ply their trade in communities where there is a real need for the kind of comprehensive care they deliver.

That man was most likely John Clarke. I've had a history with him.

That has posed a challenge in terms of just not having that many people interested in doing that kind of work,

You want to talk about New York and 44? Until this morning Ontario was at two, now we're at 21, ... By my measure, that's a heck of a good leap forward while acknowledging that there will always be room to do more.

the comprehensive nature of the work that they do, both in addressing the individual health needs of people, and the needs of communities.

the comprehensive nature of the work that they do.

The lessons that I learn that maybe I am more sensitive to as a gay person have applications for other communities, too,