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Jun 26, 2020

COVID-19 shines harsh light on injustices faced by key workers and the elderly

Dennis Gruending

The elderly, long-term care workers, grocery store clerks and migrant farm workers in Canada are among those who have experienced the harshest injustices during the pandemic.

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Jun 18, 2020

To fix the long-term care crisis, we must hold government and ourselves to account

Jordan Grimsley

Responsibility for the crisis in long-term care exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic resides at a much higher level than the worker making $15 an hour.

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Jun 18, 2020

Former Ontario premier Mike Harris is raking in profits from the long-term care system he helped create

Jan Malek

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he plans to hold long-term care companies that continued to draw profits while seniors lay sick and dying accountable. Will that include Mike Harris?

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Jun 3, 2020

Corporations create social and environmental costs, while citizens pay

Duncan Cameron

Long-term care companies and fossil-fuel producers impose large social and environmental costs on ordinary Canadians. Governments must protect the public from these costs in the post-pandemic economy.

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May 29, 2020

Canadian governments have ignored abuse of the elderly, despite care-givers' repeated alarms

Ed Finn

An alternative model, to be effective, would need to impose far better levels of care and staffing for residents, along with frequent oversight and enforcement.

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May 27, 2020

We know what's wrong with long-term care in Canada -- we need politicians with the courage to fix it, not an inquiry

David J. Climenhaga

Canadian nurses have been warning for years about the deteriorating situation in long-term care, and the potential for catastrophe.

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May 22, 2020

It's time to end private profit in Canada's long-term care system

Archana Rampure

Seniors in long-term care facilities are dying of COVID-19 in the thousands. Ultimately, the well-being of residents in these facilities depends on the well-being of the staff who work there.

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May 15, 2020

Private long-term care facilities have been understaffed and underregulated for decades

Ernie Lightman

In the last 25 years, there has been an increase in the proportion of long-term care beds provided by for-profit corporations that are primarily interested in cutting costs and maximizing profit.

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May 15, 2020

COVID-19 proves Ernst & Young was out to lunch when it recommended privatizing two public long-term care providers

David J. Climenhaga

If ever there was a time to recognize that privatization of health-care services, in particular public-sector long-term care, is a bad idea, the current pandemic is that moment.

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May 7, 2020

COVID-19 highlights the need to switch to a community-living care model

Fiona Whittington-Walsh

Everyone has the right to live in a community setting receiving whatever levels of support they might need. After 150 years, it is time to end the institutional model.

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