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Decentralized Democracy

Ontario Assembly

43rd Parl. 1st Sess.
April 8, 2024 09:00AM

It’s nice to hear the government say that they care about seniors, but the reality is, 6,000 people died in long-term-care facilities in the province of Ontario under your watch—6,000. And 78% died in for-profit homes—78%.

There is not one mention in this budget to talk about not-for-profit care. We all know they receive better care when it’s not-for-profit because it’s about care, not profit. We know that. They brought in Bill 7 because they cared so much about seniors and forced them out of the hospitals with alternate level of care without their consent, Madam Speaker. And I know that you don’t even like it. You can’t say that today, but I know you don’t like it.

My question is very clear, and I wish the minister was here: When will they take the profit out of long-term care and start saving seniors’ lives that are dying every day in our long-term-care facilities?

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