It didn't work before... why would it work now?

"Ontario hospitals facing a cash crunch shouldn't expect a bailout from the province, even if that means laying off nurses and closing beds, Health Minister George Smitherman suggested Tuesday."

Yeah, because it really worked well before when the previous government laid off nurses and closed hospital beds.

Really, this "solution" will not help anyone. Hospitals are overflowing. Wait times in the ER are through the roof, which results in paramedics being stuck in the ER unable to offload their patients instead of being on the road. At one point last month, there were no ambulances available on the road to respond to emergencies.

In my opinion, laying off nurses is the last thing that should be done to solve budget problems. Who is going to take care of our patients if there are fewer nurses. Even "fully staffed", the nurses on my unit are tired, snarky, incredibly busy, and burning out. Personally, I would seriously reconsider where I am working and the profession I am working in if staffing levels were to decrease, and I have been working for less than a year.