Union calls for public inquiry, criminal investigations into COVID-19 deaths at long-term care homes
By Lauren Pelley
"I don't think our focus should be on launching a public inquiry while we're in the middle of fighting the fire," said Dr. Samir Sinha. However, with 20 per cent of the province's care homes battling COVID-19 outbreaks, he stressed that people across Ontario — including residents' families and healthcare workers — are looking for answers. "We do need to understand why things happened the way they did, and if there are things we could have done to stem the level of death," Sinha said.