2025-11-26 frpm ctvnews.ca

Striking health-care workers in North York say their employer misused provincial funding that should have gone toward wage increases and recruitment efforts.

But officials with the North York Family Health Team (NYFHT) say the money was “administered in full compliance” with ministry guidelines and that they “remain committed to good-faith collective bargaining” to end the weeks-long strike.

Forty-four nurses and health-care professionals, from pharmacists to social workers, have been on strike since Oct. 20, leaving more than 95,000 patients without access to the team-based primary care provided by NYFHT.

Rita Ha, the group’s bargaining unit president, told CTV News Toronto that members want to see accountability being taken by NYFHT and the province, which is part of why they’re “stuck” striking for the sixth consecutive week.

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