GUELPH — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that temporary staffing agencies are charging not-for-profit long-term care homes as much as $150 per hour for healthcare workers.
“It is deeply troubling to learn that temporary staffing agencies are taking advantage of the health human resources crisis by charging not-for-profit …
QUEEN’S PARK – Mike Schreiner, made the following statement today in response to the release of the Premier’s government’s regulations on the new long-term care legislation allowing seniors waiting for a long-term care bed to be moved from hospital to a home that is not in their community.
“Elders should not be forced …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to the government’s new LTC legislation:
“It shouldn’t have taken the tragic deaths and suffering of thousands of elders for the Premier to finally budge on improving LTC.
By failing to build the promised ‘iron ring’ around LTC during COVID-19, this government poured …
TORONTO — Mike Schreiner released the following statement regarding long-term care (LTC) in Ontario:
“The government failed to keep long-term care residents safe during the pandemic. The Minister of Long-Term Care’s apology rings hollow unless it is accompanied with concrete action to improve the status quo.
Thousands of elders lost their lives and many …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement.
“The Premier is making a last-minute dash to shore up long-term care homes after sitting on his hands for months.
No PSW should be making poverty wages during this pandemic or after we get through it.
I am calling on the Government to implement a permanent …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement about the Premier’s late gasp to shore up long-term care:
“For months, the Government sat on reports calling for urgent action to shore up the situation in long-term care.
Now at the eleventh hour, the Premier is pleading with health workers on social media to …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Premier announced the commission into long-term care:
“The Premier has reneged on his promise of full accountability for the tragedy in long-term care.
By preventing the commission from reaching any conclusions about civil or criminal liability, he is denying justice to the nearly …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement after the Premier announced the commission into long-term care:
“The Premier has reneged on his promise of full accountability for the tragedy in long-term care.
By preventing the commission from reaching any conclusions about civil or criminal liability, he is denying justice to the nearly …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released this statement after the Ford government passed Bill 175:
“This bill does more harm than good for people requiring home and community care.
The Conservatives are repeating the same mistakes in home and community care that put our elders at risk in nursing homes during COVID-19.
I was hoping …
QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner made the following statement:
“The he said, she said spat between the Premier and the media isn’t doing anything for our elders. It’s only steering the conversation away from the big changes that must happen.
The Premier has pointed a lot of fingers, but he’s yet to talk about …