There's concern mounting over long-term care homes in Toronto and their future.
Close to 2,000 residents may be forced to move thanks to a provincial requirement.
Long-term care homes in Ontario are needing to rebuild to meet new design standards implemented by the Health Ministry.
The industry says Queen's Park isn't giving enough money to rebuild and help manage the cost of purchasing land in Toronto.
Fourteen long-term care homes are under threat of closure.
Mayor John Tory is now planning on having a chat with the Wynne Liberals. "Toronto is different. People get upset when I say Toronto is different and they say 'oh, there they go again down there in Toronto asking for special treatment.' I am only asking for treatment that is according to all cities with millions of transit passengers, thousands of public housing units, and a more expensive place in which to locate long-term care."
He says this is a repeated issue brought on by the province, itself. "This is another instance in which a provincial regulation, and it's entirely the responsibility of the provincial government, a series of provincial regulations and funding regimes do not take account of the fact that in order to achieve that objective to have proper supply of long-term care within the boundaries of the City of Toronto is going to be more expensive than it's going to be in Sudbury or Guelph."
Tory wants the province to give the subsidies a second look. "I saw the minister say this morning his view is that the rules are adequate to provide for Toronto. Obviously, some people in the business beg to differ. Somewhere in-between there probably represents a better answer."