Ability, faculty, talent denote qualifications or powers. Ability is a general word for power, native or acquired, enabling one to do things well: a person of great ability; ability in mathematics. Faculty denotes a natural ability for a particular kind of action: a faculty of saying what he means. Talent is often used to mean a native ability or aptitude in a special field: a talent for music or art.
Page issues. The Health Care in Canada Survey (HCIC) is a comprehensive annual survey of Canadian public and health care providersâ opinions on health care issues. It was conducted annually over the decade 1998â2007, and was developed to provide direction for governments as they work to manage health care reform.
Health care is the Ontario governmentâs single biggest spending program. In 2010â11, the province spent $44.77 billion on health, 40.3 per cent of its total spending on programs. Based on current trends, this share is likely to expand to more than 44 per cent by 2017â18., total Ontario government spending on health grew by an average of 5.1 per cent annually, the second-lowest pace in Canada, and provincial spending per capita increased by only 3.9 per cent, the second slowest in the country.