BC’s swift response to long-term care crisis sets the bar for other provinces
It took a coronavirus pandemic for Canadians to see the depth of the flaws in long-term care.
It took a coronavirus pandemic for Canadians to see the depth of the flaws in long-term care.

Without the care work provided by Filipino migrant care workers, many countries would have a difficult time coping with high health care demands, particularly during a pandemic.

The pandemic has underscored the extent to which economic decisions made by the various levels of government have an impact on the lives and safety of Canadians.

As the federal government thinks about how to fill the holes in our social safety net that the pandemic has revealed, the creation of universal Pharmacare should be top of the priority list.

Housing stability, quality, safety, and affordability all affect health outcomes. Adequate financial investments and ambition are required to achieve this.

When in power, conservative governments across Canada have a record of not only undermining and defunding public education, but also proposing and implementing policies that grant private schools more resources and power.

The success of any policy initiative, particularly one as important and complex as a national strategy, lies in the details of how promises and programmes are delivered.

We should be very careful to recognize that poverty has many dimensions that can only be understood through multiple indicators, and that political commitments must extend to resources and not just targets.

Our mission is to build a just and accessible Ontario — where people with disabilities have personal and political agency.


