Federal government needs to put more cash into long-term care to legislate safety, say experts

This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and then-Gov. Gen. Julie Payette during the throne speech in the Senate chamber in Ottawa on Sept. 23, 2020. The government promised to work with provinces and territories to set new, national standards for long-term care.

In fact, national HSO standards for long-term care already exist and are used as the accreditation criteria for about 58 per cent of all homes in Canada, according to Dr. Samir Sinha, chair of one of the technical committees working to rewrite those standards.What happens to change the status quo after the new standards are released is up to the government.

Why are you showing a picture of the previous Governor General?

any reason why the picture used is that of our former Astronaut-Tyrant GG

Long term care needs to be public part of publicly funded health care. Private and for profit public services are waste of $taxpayer as there's never adequate oversight. Half the people whose deaths were attributed to covid in ON were in long term care. Most died of neglect.

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