Current Master of Public Student student Izabelle Siqueira spoke out against provincial government budget cuts to public health in a letter to the editor published in Kingston's The Whig Standard newspaper April 16, 2019 entitled "Public health spending and why it matters."
Siquiera writes that Ontario government’s 2019 budget released last week is misdirected in projecting to reduce public health costs by $200 million by 2022. The proposed budget aims to fuse 35 public health units into 10 regional agencies by 2021, and has not specified what adjustments will be made to their budgets. She then weaves a compelling case for how preventative programs have been shown to significantly prevent illnesses and reduce costs that would be spent on expensive treatments at the doctor’s office or intensive care unit.
Read her full article here: https://www.thewhig.com/opinion/letters/letters-to-the-editor-april-16