They Knew...

AndThenCame
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I'm talking about the nurses.

Specifically, they knew that our long term care system was a massive tragedy waiting to happen.

And they tried their best to warn us about it five years ago.

Unfortunately, they were ignored, as David Climenhaga reports over at Alberta Reports:

...In 2015, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions published a paper called Before It’s Too Late: A National Plan for Seniors’ Care.

“We need a national plan for safe seniors’ care, with long-term, dedicated funding and effective enforcement mechanisms,” CFNU President Linda Silas wrote in the introduction. “In both home care and long-term care facilities, we need a stable workforce, adequate staffing levels and an appropriate staff mix.”

Of course, by definition it is too late now. A global pandemic is exactly why a plan like this needed to be implemented long ago. This is an emergency piled on top of an emergency and we need to get on with fixing it...


So.

Who can fix it?

...There is really only one politician in this country who can make the change we need happen, and we all know who he is. Yes, this is a test...


I think all Canadians can pass that test and help force the correct answer to do the right thing.

OK?


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