Open letter to Ontario Premier Wynne

Carmel Gowan | May 20, 2015

I believe I have a few good ideas for our OHIP to save a few billion dollars. Heart disease, Diabetes and obesity have been getting a big hunk of the OHIP budget, as well as causing the loss of man hours, etc. I'm sure that farmers would be glad to produce the fruits and vegetables if only people could be inspired to eat them. How about a Canadian version of food stamps to be given to all families with pre-schoolers and all of the poor and most of the seniors. The food stamps (let's call them Agratoonies) would be worth about $2 a day and only redeemable towards produce. Maybe lots of people don't know how much of our budget goes towards our bad habits but I sure wish we could spend it towards improving the whole situation - Health. Much of the well spent money would end up in the pockets of farmers. Also I wish that seniors could get big discounts on plants and seeds to encourage us to get outdoors and garden.

Carmel Gowan