Health Care That Reaches Everyone

Health care

Health care that reaches everyone

In a city this rich, no one should go without care because they don’t speak English, can’t read a form, can’t afford the bus, or are afraid to ask.

Hospitals and doctors are funded by the province, and I’ll push hard for more of them in the neighbourhoods that have too few. But the city runs services that keep people healthy every day, and I’ll make sure they reach everyone.

Bring services to people

Mobile health and public-health clinics in underserved neighbourhoods, in partnership with hospitals, universities and community health centres. Services in libraries and community hubs, where people already go.

One door, real help

Plain-language information in the languages Torontonians speak, and trained navigators who help people find and access the services they need, not just a phone number.

Care in a crisis

Expand the mental-health crisis response, so a person in distress is met by a trained responder, and keep paramedics properly staffed.

Care, not a way out

People living with mental illness deserve care, treatment and hope, not a pathway to death. I support permanently excluding mental illness as the sole basis for medical assistance in dying, and I stand with every MP, of any party, who votes to protect vulnerable Canadians.

No one should choose death because the help they needed never came. Too many Torontonians wait months for mental-health care, sleep in shelters, or meet a police officer in their worst moment instead of a trained crisis worker.

As mayor, I will expand the Toronto Community Crisis Service, build supportive housing, and bring mental-health support into our neighbourhoods. A city that cares for its people offers a hand, never a way out.

Access for all, without fear

Residents can use city services regardless of immigration status. Seniors and people with disabilities get accessible transit, help to age at home, and quality city-run long-term care. And free transit means no one misses an appointment because they can’t pay the fare.

My pledge is simple: every resident valued equally, regardless of religion, ethnicity, gender or colour. Equal access is how that pledge becomes real.