We need a national strategy to restore confidence in long-term care

The debate about that strategy could well decide the next election.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, is going to have to come up with a national strategy for long-term care. Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet wants cash with no conditions. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is promoting nationalization, which is proof that his party’s last-place status is not about to change any time soon, writes Sheila Copps. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Sheila Copps

May 18, 2020

OTTAWA—The prime minister’s admission that we are not doing well by our most vulnerable seniors should come as no surprise. In reality, we live in a culture obsessed with the fountain of youth. Media messaging is mostly about how to look young, stay young, be young. Face creams and rejuvenati...

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