December 8, 2020 – Toronto Star
Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
By: Jacques Gallant
There may be provincial opposition, but the federal government is in a good position as it likely has a huge chunk of the public on its side in this debate, said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the National Institute on Ageing. He said the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the chronic and dire situation in many of the country’s long-term care homes.