He will be joined by Transport Secretary Caroline Mulroney for the 12pm speech.
Earlier this week, Ford was in the Maritimes to meet with his East Coast counterparts to discuss health care in Canada.
Locally, Ontario’s health system has been strained by staff shortages in the summer months, which has led to some emergency rooms being forced to close for hours or even days at a time.
The prime ministers announced at a joint news conference Monday that a “Team Canada” approach is needed to fix the country’s health care problems, but offered no details.
For his part, Ford said the country’s prime ministers and the federal government should get ideas for fixing the health system from nurses, doctors and hospital chiefs, adding he was confident those experts would find a “solution”. .
“We look forward to having a collaborative relationship with the federal government,” Ford said at the time. “That’s a Team Canada approach that we need to take.”
Last week, the province unveiled a plan for “healthcare system stability and recovery,” a strategy that includes freeing up beds in hospitals and long-term care facilities, hiring thousands of new health workers and investing in independent and private clinics. that offer OHIP services.
After the announcement, health care unions and workers in Ontario spoke out in criticism of the government’s efforts, saying they have “serious concerns” about the plan and the lack of attention to repealing Bill 124, legislation that caps nurses’ salaries at a 1 per cent annual increase .
CP24.com will broadcast the announcement live online.
With files from Katherine Declerq and The Canadian Press
