Advocates push Ottawa to fix long-term problems with long-term care
By The Canadian Press
The Trudeau government waded into the area of seniors care in 2017 when Philpott was health minister, having agreed to give the provinces some $6 billion over 10 years for home and community-based care. That money came with some common standards and benchmarks to track the progress of those funds. That made for some difficult conversations with provinces who didn't want the federal government stepping on their turf, said Dr. Samir Sinha, who had knowledge of the talks. Sinha said some of the criteria for measuring the success of the funding have still not been developed. "In the end, we spent $6 billion with very little accountability and we're no further ahead," he said.