Canada's prime minister is hinting that provincial governments that don't work with Ottawa to improve standards in long term care homes won't get federal funding.
And Justin Trudeau says his government will happily partner with provinces and territories that want to boost standards in long term care facilities and cover the costs of those improvements.
The COVID 19 pandemic has exposed deplorable conditions in some long term care homes, particularly in Quebec and here in Ontario.
Residents of long term care facilities accounted for more than eighty percent of the COVID 19 related deaths in Canada.
The Zoomers Advocacy Group CARP has been calling for Premier Doug Ford to fire his long term care minister, Merrilee Fullerton for failing to protect nursing home residents during the second wave.
Libby is joined by Bill VanGorder and Jane Meadus to discuss
