COVID-19 exposed horrors in long-term care. What should Ottawa do next?
By Alex Ballingall
Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at the National Institute on Ageing, said this “jurisdictional bun fight” over long-term care is a problem. After the 2015 election, when he was advising the Liberal government during negotiations for a new national health accord, Sinha said provinces wanted money for long-term care with no federal strings attached.