If Ottawa can build hockey rinks, it can build long-term care homes

Ottawa plans to invest, over the next 12 years, more than $180-billion on infrastructure for affordable housing, for roads, and for hockey rinks, but not a nickel on affordable seniors' housing, writes Daniel Fontaine of the Canadian Association for Long Term Care.

Seniors Minister Filomena Tassi has noted that seniors are the fastest-growing demographic, and yet, says Daniel Fontaine of the Canadian Association for Long Term Care, the government is not spending enough money on affordable housing for them. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DANIEL FONTAINE

November 16, 2018

It’s easy to see the importance of investing in big projects like roads, railways, and runways: they create and support job, help meet the challenges of the future. What may come as a surprise is what other types of infrastructure projects qualify for federal invest...

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