This HuffPost Canada page is maintained as part of an online archive.If you have questions or concerns,please check our FAQ orcontact support@huffpost.com .
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, three companies that run long-term care homes have hired lobbyists with ties to Ontarios Progressive Conservatives.
They wont reopen until September due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The company has been flagged for failing to protect residents. Then came the pandemic, and a $50-million lawsuit.
But Ontario also extended its state of emergency until June 2.
Ontarios emergency order prohibits gatherings with more than five people.
Negligent operators should be held responsible, the unions president said.
Ontario released guidelines for how workplaces can keep employees safe from COVID-19.
Before COVID-19 forced some workers off the job, the long-term care sector had a serious problem: few people wanted to work in it.
The premier said Ontarios long-term care system needs to do better.