Health Minister Deb Matthews is defending the decision to spend 100-million dollars this year to help cut wait times in E-R's.
Conservative Lisa MacLeod says the money would be better spent creating long-term care beds to free up space in congested hospitals.
Matthews says she understands the program isn't perfect, but she says it's a good start.
One-point-nine million dollars earmarked for the Northwestern Health Integration Network is all going to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre.
