Why compassion needs to be the new normal in public policy
The repeated failure of policy-makers to address known risks to residents of long-term care homes and deal with the root causes of an epidemic of opioid overdoses, are symptoms of a systemic collapse in the duty of governments to protect the most vulnerable. These are landmarks in institutional betrayal.
The coronavirus pandemic is a harsh teacher. One of its more gripping lessons has been what happens when we forget about the powerless and the voiceless. Another is that political leaders and decision-makers are beginning to understand—some more quickly than others—that they are expected to see ...
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