OTTAWA & CORNWALL – ON – From high death rates in long-term care homes, concerning levels of health care worker infections and low COVID-19 testing, over 500 people polled in Ottawa (and area) and Cornwall, say the provincial government is underperforming in how it is dealing with the pandemic response. Overall, 59 per cent of…
Candace Rennick, Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario and a former PSW in a long-term care home, said the death is maddening because more could be done to protect front-line workers doing the most dangerous jobs during the pandemic. “People have been asking for greater levels of protection, more funding and more staff. The government just continues…
“People are afraid to even ask for the supplies to help keep them safe.” Click here to watch this clip of Candace Rennick, Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario, discussing the dire conditions in our LTC homes and the obstacles members are facing to safely deliver the services Ontarians need.
