Layton takes on Harper’s health care record in new ad
Harper’s band-aid solutions leave millions of Canadians without a family doctor
March 29, 2011
OTTAWA—New Democrats are taking Stephen Harper to task for his broken promises on health care in their first ad of the campaign. In the ad, Jack Layton highlights how Stephen Harper’s band-aid approach to health care has left millions of Canadians without a family doctor.
“We’ve got to improve our frontline health services,” said Layton. “We need more family doctors, better homecare and affordable prescription drugs. Stephen Harper cannot betrusted to fix our health care system.”
The “Not So Great Canadian Moments” TV ad, that begins airing today, mixes a bit of humour with fact to highlight Harper’s absence on file that only five years ago he made a top priority.“Canada marks five years of Stephen Harper ignoring health care. How? Well an overcrowded hospital has to use a donut shop as an emergency ward and five million Canadians don’t have a doctor,” the ad points out. “Harper’s bandage is to train 100 doctors—one for every 50,000 who need one.”
This commercial is part of the largest ad buy in New Democrat campaign history. It’s part of a New Democrat strategy to put pressure on Stephen Harper and focus this campaign on the priorities of middle-class families.
The ad can be seen on ndp.ca at http://www.ndp.ca/hhuNY
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