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July 2019: https://www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca/index.php/releaseford-government-cuts-to-long-term-care-funding-risks-already-over-stressed-care-levels/ The funding cuts seriously threaten care levels in long-term care homes which are already too low to meet the needs of residents Long term care is a mess, not a place anyone wants their parents to be, and that's become blatantly obvious with the virus now rampant among residents and staff. Adding more underfunded beds is just more chaos. Ford supporters can't continue to blame the Liberals if Ford is still making the situation worse instead of trying to correct it. So what has Doug Ford actually done about that? Has he directed more funds to Long Term Care during this emergency? The feds are rolling out billions across the board. Ford has done NOTHING! And people are dying because of it. While Ford does a photo op ... carrying a box of masks. : - /

That's highly unlikely. The curve isn't even beginning to flatten yet, just steady increases. That would be a recipe for another surge.

Your link was dated April 2 so we're almost 2 weeks into that now. I understand that legislation is in preparation and will be expedited as will the application and distribution process, as it has been for CERB payments - essentially on an honour system with necessary corrections at tax time next year. I'd bet it will less than 4 more weeks before it's rolled out. Again, an unprecedented speed for such a program.

Go and inform yourself better. Your post is so ill-informed it isn't worth even trying to respond to.

Wow! 45% of Conservatives will admit that they think Trudeau is doing a good job! That's amazing! Lol

Has he reversed the cuts to health care? Long term care? He's getting blustery now, but he has not addressed the effects of his budget cuts. Long term care is an absolute disgrace, and elderly residents are dying as a result, COVID19 rates among long term care staff are very high. Is he putting more money into staffing or resources ... or just yelling at people about testing? I appreciated that Ford didn't play politics on this issue, but what has he actually done to provide necessary money and resources? A photo op of himself carrying a box of masks? : - / He's done virtually nothing!

That article is 10 days old, Shady. Things are happening fast. Support for individuals is already being distributed, and that had to be addressed first. Wage subsidies for business are being addressed now and will be retroactive to March 15. https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html That said, there is no doubt that some businesses won't survive. Even in a normal circumstances, about 7,000 businesses fail every year in Canada. Many businesses are now doing business online/by phone, pickup or delivery. I bought shoes from a local shop that way. A bookstore is still operating that way. Restaurants are still in business that way. I'm a person who hates shopping. I always like to call ahead to make sure I can get what I need, then pick it up quickly. I like to use small, local shops in my neighbourhood. I'm also retired and a homebody ... so my life isn't much different. Lol

Individuals out of work were receiving funds as you wrote this post, within 2 days of application. Help for businesses was also announced last week. That speed of getting money out the door is unprecedented. I shudder to think of the chaos we'd be in right now with a Conservative government: People losing their homes while Conservatives shovelled useless billions to the dying Alberta oil industry!

Same here. I wore a mask in public first time yesterday. With that and my runny nose, I had NO trouble getting people to keep their distance. Lol

He should be doing exactly what he's telling us to do. And he is. Apparently running the country during an emergency doesn't mean running around. And thousands of other jobs can be done from home. And the air clears.

I agree with you. However, I wonder why you quote Conrad Black, who gave up his Canadian citizenship to wear the wig of a British 'Lord', thumbed his nose at the courts when caught in criminal behaviour, whined to come home when he got out of jail in Florida, and contributed $50k to the mayoral campaign of a white supremacist. I'm sure there are more credible sources of support. Lol

CPC has suspended the leadership race. If Peter MacKay can't change gears in the face of new circumstances, he's not leadership material, imo.

I think Peter MacKay may have just lost the race. It's suspended now due to COVID19, but MacKay is oblivious as to why. It appears that Peter MacKay thinks COVID19 is all a plot against his leadership campaign. That's a kind of delusional paranoid narcissism we can certainly do without in our leadership. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mackay-permanent-opposition-leader-an-essential-service-amid-covid-19-outbreak-1.4870070 When Solomon said that the COVID-19 pandemic is the reason the others want the campaign delayed, MacKay replied, "Is it?" "Look, this is a competition," said MacKay. "The competition has being going on for some time now, all the rules have been the same for everyone, this has not been an advantage to anyone, we are midway through the process now, the final determination of the ballot has been made, we’re continuing on, it’s causing no harm." Still, there are those who have had some harsh words for MacKay as a result of his decision to continue campaigning and pushing for the race to stay the course -- or be sped up. Green Party MP Elizabeth May told Solomon in a Thursday interview that she wasn't impressed with MacKay's approach. "I don't know if Peter can get much lower in deciding to try to make hay out of this," May said.

I give Doug Ford credit for choosing leadership over partisanship. He's doing "the people" a solid, at expense of businesses. And ... takeout delivery lcbo are solid. Thx Doug! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-ontario-monday-1.5506445

On this issue, I support him So far. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-ontario-monday-1.5506445

Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered the victim to be shot after finding the first patient of the coronavirus in his country. Hunh. Article disappeared. In better news ... China exonerates doctor reprimanded for warning of virus https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/china-exonerates-doctor-reprimanded-for-warning-of-virus-1.4860909

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It isn't just the death risk, but permanent disability as well - lasting lung damage.

Oh grow up.

That's ridiculous.

Alcohol is a disinfectant. (ETA, just kidding folks. Booze doesn't have enough alcohol in it to disinfect. May make social isolation more tolerable though, in moderation of course. Lol )

Stay home and work solves many. Stay home and work. I once went to the office and internal communication was by email anyway. #reset