Toronto Sun: Wait time fix [Harper's "5th priority"] will wait

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OTTAWA -- The federal government's fifth priority of wait-times guarantees on medical procedures appears to have dropped off the radar as the "priorities" of spring are replaced by the "pillars" of autumn.

In a press release issued to mark the return of the House of Commons this week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper lays out four pillars that outline their legislative agenda for the fall. The pillars include economic management and value for money, accountability and democratic reform, environment and personal health, and crime and national security.

The government similarly announced five priorities last spring and made visible progress on all but that involving its campaign commitment to implement patient wait-times guarantees for medically necessary services.

Neither the Prime Minister's Office nor Health Minister Tony Clement's office could be reached for comment on the status of the wait-times promise.

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