Ford’s Failure on Long Term Residences

By J. R. Moitessier Will Ford’s failure to protect Long Term Care Facility Residents and Staff during the COVID-19 pandemic be his Walkerton? Earlier posts, as well as mainstream media, have commented on the impact of budget cuts to public health funding, the significant  reduction in inspections of long term care facilities, the disproportionate impact

Doug Ford’s budget cuts: Havoc in long-term care homes

Stephen Katz, a professor of Sociology at Trent University and faculty member of the Trent Centre for Aging and Society The first Canadian deaths from the COVID-19 virus were older residents of long-term care homes. As such places quickly became ‘hot spots’, their residents, by nature of their age, appear destined to be viral cases. However, the