Healthcare

Barry Petten opposes building the planned new hospital at Kenmount Crossing due to prohibitive cost and provincial fiscal pressures; he supports redeveloping and modernizing the existing St. Clare's facility and redirecting public funds to more pressing needs.

Hutton said he was surprised by the cancellation, argued costs had only risen over the past couple of years (not since October), and disputed reported estimates, insisting the hospital's cost was still being worked on and 'wasn't $12 billion or $10 billion.'