Finally.  The start of the end for the profiteers and maybe reclaiming our   
   health care system.  We're all going to be old one day.  Maybe it's time to   
   think ahead, remembering what happened during this pandemic.   
      
   Thank you for starting the conversation that must not be allowed to end, Mr   
   Singh.   
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   CTVNews.ca - Sunday, May 10, 2020   
      
      
   Canada must put an end to privately owned long-term care homes: Singh   
      
   OTTAWA -- In light of numerous COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term homes across   
   the country, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should put an end to   
   privatized facilities and establish a universal framework for seniors care.   
      
   In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Singh says the   
   government must look to bring long-term care under the Canada Health Act and   
   make it federally regulated, while doing away with the private system all   
   together.   
      
   "I think we need to end them, I think there’s no question about it given the   
   results we’re seeing, the evidence we’re seeing that some of the worst   
   conditions that seniors are in and some of the highest deaths have happened in   
   the for-profit long-   
   term care homes," said Singh.   
      
    "Profit should not be the motive when it comes to how we care for our   
   seniors."   
      
   According to a recent report by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at   
   Ryerson University in Toronto, over 3,300 deaths have occurred in long-term   
   care homes due to COVID-19, accounting for 82 per cent of the total fatalities   
   in Canada.   
      
   With no standardized long-term care system in Canada, there’s been   
   significant discrepancy in how these homes have fared through the pandemic.   
      
   Services are currently delivered through a patchwork system of not-for-profit   
   and for-profit providers and delivered through a mix of publicly-funded   
   programs, which can be reinforced by private services, and unpaid caregivers,   
   states the NIA in a report    
   about the future cost of long-term care in Canada.   
      
   Singh says the impact of COVID-19 on this demographic has made the need for a   
   consistent and equitable framework for seniors all the more relevant.   
      
   "We absolutely need to look at developing a national standard, a care   
   guarantee and then use the Canada Health Act to bring it into the public   
   realm, it’s got to be public and it’s got to be high quality," said Singh.   
      
   "The for-profit system has failed and long-term care homes in general have   
   failed seniors and we need to do a lot better."   
      
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