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So Kara Ford is making $211k up from $157k as Director of Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement at a fairly small healthcare facility. She previously made $128k-132k as a manager in public affairs. All four government postings, paid by taxpayers. She has a two year diploma from Conestoga College in Broadcasting. Typically a role like Communications would require a Masters degree and a decades experience.

Looking at this role of Director of Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement… makes no sense… if you look up the definition of Board of Directors they’re the ones to work on strategy and manage stakeholders. So is she a secretary? Or is she the Board of Directors? Is the Board of Directors her?

Looking at her Chief of HR… she makes $5k less… as a director, you think she reports to her because the HR Director has Strategy in her title. So it all makes no sense. Further looking at the pay raises a lot of these top 6-10 people in this publicly funded org had… they have been significant. 30%. I don’t know many organizations that give 30% pay raises.

Doug Ford couldn’t make less as his daughter so he gave himself a pay raise of 30% as well.

Something stinks at Runnymede Healthcare Centre. Connie Dejak doesn’t seem to have any sort of healthcare background. Does not have a degree in healthcare whatsoever. How is she truly connected with her staff? Makes about $600k for a small facility. How does that make sense? Looks like she also got a medal from Doug Ford. Is this a scratch my back, and I scratch your back type of situation?

They mention rehabilitation for first responders… how effective is this? Is this a on paper idea or political story they’re throwing out there. How is this building any different from West Park or other rehab hospitals?

I also find it funny that in university, you’re told if you want to make more money, you have to go into the corporate world… but this is almost on par with what you see in the corporate world. The HSE Specialist at Runnymede Healthcare Centre made more than me… and I worked in the private sector as a Safety Manager. Make that make sense.

Why is it that you also find this huge discrepancy on RN pay. Some make $200k while others make $120k or less? $200k at CAMH…

If my mom made ~$100k in 2018, that would equate to $126k in 2026. I understand there’s hazard pay but there’s also something that doesn’t make sense. Looks like many of these nurses are male. So equal pay isn’t true, is it? Why do you have RN’s making more than Senior Scientists?

Some people have recent schooling in nursing… so again, how does it make sense?

The wild thing is that the professors that are supposed to teach our next generation of healthcare technicians in the medical field make $100k-$130k. How do they afford living in Canada?! In the 2nd most expensive province in the country?! How do you keep talented people who can truly teach our kids?

Why do we have CEOs with no waking experience in the healthcare field but rather have studied policy and never stepped foot as a doctor? You’ve got these people with leadership roles, but what do they truly know about boots on the ground? Feels like a huge disconnect.

Why do we even have these policy programs? Had a friend go through a program in Ottawa. Is it just a set up to get someone in public office or a lobbyist for the government or a statistician?

Grosses me out when you have these lifelong CEOs and politicians without knowledge of reality. They just show up for the photo-ops but never had to work hard in a day in their life.