The best way for you to stay healthy is to keep health services local.

That’s from Manitoba Liberal leader Dougald Lamont, who said that his party’s focus is local jobs, local provision of services, local education and local health care.

He said that it’s not efficient or effective to “centralize and dictate everything from Winnipeg”, as people need to have health care right in their community.

Lamont said that another big health care issue that needs to be tackled is the attraction and retention of primary care doctors.

He noted that there are surprisingly few in Manitoba and the country as a whole.