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COVID-19 has greatly stressed Canada's health care system. This has exposed some structural failures in the system and highlighted areas where reform is needed.
No failure is as stark as Canada's failure to protect residents and workers in long-term care (LTC) facilities from COVID-19. During the most acute part of the pandemic, many promises were made. This election is a chance to outline the concrete steps the parties will need to take to ensure problems in LTC are not ignored after the pandemic.
Ottawa (10 Sept. 2021) — The federal election has been called and voter's will be going to the polls on Sept. 20.
"While we may not have wanted this election now, we are here. And we need to take it seriously. There are huge stakes in electing a new government," said Larry Brown, President of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE).
To help guide people through the many issues being discussed, NUPGE has examined the top 4 parties' platforms and are providing summaries in the form of election guides. We will be launching them every day until election day.
The third in our series is Long-term Care.
