Troubled times for transparency call for change

Canadians deserve more than lacklustre and limited data in changing times.

Hundreds of members of the Canadian Armed Forces were called in to help out in at least two dozen Ontario and Quebec long-term care homes in April and May hit hard by COVID-19, and reported allegations of elder abuse and neglect in at least five long-term care homes in Ontario. Photograph courtesy of Department of National Defence

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

June 22, 2020

OTTAWA—Shocking revelations and events can stir the public. But that does not mean officials want to give up systemic secrecy practices and bring in wholesale corrective changes. So it was refreshing to see the Canadian military's medical team under Operation Laser acting as whistleblowers and ra...

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