Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde, a former retirement home operator, joins call for national standards and more money for long-term care

‘We all knew we needed more money into this system. Now the focus should be that.’

Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde, centre, says Canada needs national standards for long term care homes to better manage outbreaks of disease. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, left, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh have also called for national standards for homes that so far have operated under provincial jurisdiction. Photograph courtesy of Marie-France Lalonde, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

June 1, 2020

The federal and provincial governments should get together to set nation-wide standards for long-term care homes, says Liberal MP Marie-France Lalonde, who worked as a hospital social worker and retirement home operator before getting into politics. The feder...

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