Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory says he would defer loan repayments for medical students and consider pay raises for family physicians to address Ontario's doctor shortage.
Tory said fewer doctors are now accepting patients than in 2003 when the Liberals were elected.
He said the Conservatives will spend $400 million to keep doctors in the province and some of that cash could be used to boost their salaries.
Jennie Wells, professor of medicine at the University of Western Ontario in London, said her students are $100,000 in debt when they graduate and are lured into well-paying specialties rather than family medicine.
She said others are more attracted by walk-in clinics because they don't have any overhead and work regular hours.
Tory met with several London residents Wednesday, including one new mother who is paying a private clinic $400 a year because she can't find a family doctor.
Ontario voters go to the polls Oct. 10.
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- Ontario voters have rejected a proposed electoral reform that would have seen some provincial legislators chosen based on a party's share of the popular vote, results showed Thursday.
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- No Green party candidates made it to the Ontario legislature in Wednesday's election, but that defeat was sweetened by a swell in their share of the popular vote, which more than doubled.
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- McGuinty wins massive majority, Tory loses seat
- Dalton McGuinty won a second majority government for the Liberals in Ontario on Wednesday night, a triumph for a party that earlier expressed fears of a drop to minority status.
- Ontario rejects electoral reform in referendum
- Ontario voters have rejected a proposed electoral reform that would have seen some provincial legislators chosen based on a party's share of the popular vote, results showed Thursday.
- Ontario voter turnout a record low
- The percentage of eligible voters casting ballots in Wednesday's Ontario election hit an all-time low despite changes introduced in an effort to boost turnout.
- Ont. Green party scores 8 per cent of vote
- No Green party candidates made it to the Ontario legislature in Wednesday's election, but that defeat was sweetened by a swell in their share of the popular vote, which more than doubled.
- McGuinty only leader not facing leadership questions
- Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty won re-election in Ottawa South and NDP Leader Howard Hampton again won his northern Ontario riding of Kenora-Rainy River. PC Leader John Tory was defeated.
