The Ford government has announced $56.8 million in new spending to expand nursing seats in colleges and universities across the province, with the aim of adding 2,200 nurses by 2029.

The Ontario government "is taking bold and innovating action to make it easier for patients and their families to connect to care," Health Minister Sylvia Jones said at a news conference Wednesday.

Nursing staffing levels have been a source of contention in the province for years. Hundreds of nurses rallied outside several Ontario hospitals earlier this summer to demand CEOs improve staffing levels across the province, with the Ontario Nurses' Association citing a shortage of 25,000 registered nurses provincewide.

Ontario will need 33,200 more nurses and 50,853 more personal support workers by 2032 or risk

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