Vaccines give long-term care crisis a brief reprieve, but cannot stand as the solution

Returning to normal cannot be an option because the normal we operated within in delivering long-term care was not only unjust, but unsustainable. The vaccine is a reprieve, a gift that will step in to protect older Canadians after we failed to live up to the job; but it is just that, a reprieve.  
Minster of Seniors Deb Schulte, pictured Sept. 25, 2020, arriving at the West Block before Question Period. The vaccine should not distract from much needed work to reform senior care in Canada.

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