The new standards, which are not currently enforced, recommend that residents should get at least four hours of direct care every day, and that those who work with them must be paid more
OTTAWA — The Liberals must enshrine new standards for long-term care homes in law to fulfil a pledge in the confidence-and-supply agreement that would help keep their minority government in power, the health critic for the New Democrats said Tuesday.
The Liberal government has so far not committed to legislating the standards, but federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says consultations on the new long-term care bill will begin in the "coming months." Experts with the Health Standards Organization said the new standards will only help if the government puts them into practice and makes sure they are followed.
Trudeau promised in the 2021 election to legislate safety in long-term care across the country, and doubled down on that promise in the pact with the NDP, but the government has not said what that law would entail.
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