It was interesting listening to the people who came in and did deputations. All of them agree on one thing: Our home care system is not able to recruit and retain a stable workforce. They are not able to meet the needs of the people who qualify for home care right now and who cannot gain access because the different contractors are not able to hire PSWs.

What in this bill have you got to make sure that our home care system will have enough PSWs and other staff to meet the needs of the people who presently qualify for home care and will continue to qualify for home care? We put forward the motion to make PSW jobs good jobs, permanent full-time jobs and well paid. Where in this bill do you address the number one issue in home care?

We all know that Ontario health teams will also soon be dominated by for-profit. Now that we have for-profit long-term-care homes, for-profit home and community care, many of the big players of the Ontario health teams will be for-profit. Many presenters asked to make sure that the care coordinators do not get delegated to a for-profit agency. We put amendments forward to do just that. Those were voted down.

Aren’t you afraid of the conflict of interest once a care coordinator works for a for-profit agency?

I thank the member for the question. I want to make it very clear, we want every child and youth in this province to have a safe, loving, stable home regardless of their circumstances.

The member has probably not paid attention, but I’ve been travelling the province, meeting with families and service providers—and she knows; she’s aware of it because I know that they’re telling her. I know that they’re telling her.

Mr. Speaker, we’ve backed up the work by over $1.5 billion of investment. We have hired more inspectors on the ground to inspect the facilities. Those inspectors are going in unannounced this fall. So there’s not only more inspectors, there are more unannounced inspections that are being done.

We want to make sure that every youth, every child in this province is protected and supported so that they can continue to succeed and thrive in their communities. It’s a commitment we will never waver from.

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That investment of $1.5 billion that I mentioned earlier: It’s important to note where it’s going. For the first time in the history of the province, we are making sure that children and youth succeed and thrive not only now but in the future. That’s why we started that support at the age of 13. We continued that support with financial supports up to the age of 23, so that the children and youth that age out of care can have—