Many of my International blog friends have been asking my about our health care system. Federally driven by a mandate of free, accessible health care for all, our Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) is a Transfer Payment Agency that transfers taxation dollars to the agencies. Run by an elected Board of Directors spending is monitored as provincial health care initiatives are carried out in a locally driven networks.
Ontario is split up into 14 LHINs.
North Simcoe Muskoka's LHIN 12 runs from the south end of Lake Simcoe (east of Barrie), to Orillia, and on up to Huntsville. Then it runs west to Collingwood,
Our population in Muskoka is 57,563. Greater Toronto, our largest city in this province, has a population of about 5 million. In comparison, there are 10 million people residing in the Golden Horseshoe, the area around the west end of Lake Ontario - from Toronto, around past Hamiltion. The Golden Horseshoe contains about 1/3 of the total of Canada's 31 million population. The US, in comparison, has 300 million people.
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