Ontario forced to slow new medical school plans after ignoring warnings: AG
- Colin D'Mello
- Dec 5, 2025
- 1 min read
By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello | Global News
Posted December 2, 2025
A lack of planning in the Ford government’s expansion of Ontario’s medical schools meant the province has created family medicine spaces more slowly than it had planned, the auditor general has found.
As part of its plans to improve access to primary care, the government announced the number of places available at Ontario’s medical schools would be substantially increased.
Part of the plan included the creation of two new medical schools at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University, along with an expansion to six of its existing schools.
The rush to fulfil the promise of new medical schools, however, appears to have left the government ignoring warnings from the sector that there were not enough training opportunities to accommodate new students.
Auditor General Shelley Spence found the government did not “document an analysis of key considerations to support their expansion decision.”
Read the full report,
Oversight of Medical Education in Family Medicine, here.
