Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement on Wednesday and take questions from reporters in his first media availability of 2023.

It comes as the province continues to face ongoing staff shortages in the health-care sector along with medications shortages.

Officials with the Ford government and the Ministry of Health are refusing to divulge how many new nurses, personal support workers and physicians Ontario needs to fill the staffing gaps in Ontario’s health-care system, citing potential damage to the economy if the information is released.

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