On this issue, at least, citizens of the province are united.
As one of the dozens of Ontario geriatricians facing the monumental task of supporting millions of aging Ontarians, I couldn’t agree more.Many in my professional circle had hoped care of older adults would become a key issue during the campaign, given what we have witnessed during this pandemic. It didn’t. Instead, issues such as affordability, economic stability, transportation, housing and others took centre stage.
All three of Ford’s challengers, whose parties together garnered six out of 10 votes, called for an end to the provision of for-profit long-term care. What’s more, the Vote Compass initiative from Vox Pop labsAdvertisement 3Taken together, those two facts add up to this: a large majority of voters across Ontario’s political spectrum — including Conservatives — agree that for-profit companies should not be operating our care homes.
provided to long-term care operators in Ontario was syphoned off as profit in the decade leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic.Article content Ontarians, however, want these beds to be in not-for-profit homes. That’s possible, but only if government focuses on levelling the playing field. Currently, private-sector long-term-care corporations have access to financing and development expertise that far outstrips anything most not-for-profit providers have.
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