Patients seek loopholes as dispute between optometrists and province drags on
An apparent standstill in negotiations has job action by the province's optometrists nearing the two-month mark.
Source: kitchener.ctvnews.ca
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Pay dispute between Ontario optometrists and government nears two month mark
The dispute between optometrists and the province is nearing the two month mark, meaning almost four million people in Ontario still have no access to eye tests.
Source: toronto.ctvnews.ca
Patients frustrated by ongoing feud between government and optometrists
Ontario's optometrists and the provincial government aren't seeing eye to eye with an ongoing dispute that has made it difficult for residents, like Mark Strangemore, to get a routine eye exam.
Source: barrie.ctvnews.ca
Parents anxious as dispute between optometrists, Ontario government drags on
Since the beginning of last month, optometrists in Ontario have refused service to children under 20 and seniors 65 and older, and anyone covered by OHIP. "Someone's got to give here because some of our most vulnerable are suffering," says one parent.
Source: cbc.ca
Ontario willing to discuss optometrist costs, but won't write blank cheque: minister
Ontario is willing to discuss optometrists' operating costs, but won't write them a “blank cheque,” the health minister said Wednesday ahead of a rally by the eye care professionals.
Source: toronto.citynews.ca