The most vulnerable of our society are being left behind

Nationalize long-term care and damn the federal-provincial-territorial squabbles. Set a 10 per cent tax on new home developers and a 10 per cent tax on big corporations to pay for some of it.

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, 2020, hit hard by COVID-19. They 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 Rose LeMay

August 9, 2021

OTTAWA—I had the misfortune of touring a long-term care facility in Ottawa this past month, and I was and continue to be horrified. Experts have said this specific facility is not one of the worst. It wasn’t dirty, it wasn’t unstaffed. But it also wasn’t inviting, and there was barely any pr...

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