PANDEMIC 4 - Ontario Reaps its Dividends

Over 1700 Ontarians have already been killed by COVID-19. And the vast majority of them died in long-term care. But if you live in a private, for-profit home, you're much more likely to die from this virus. The for-profit long-term care industry is politically powerful and deeply entrenched. Is this their moment of reckoning? COMMONS: Pandemic is currently focusing on how COVID-19 is affecting long-term care in Canada. Featured in this episode: Sharleen Stewart (SEIU Healthcare), Natalie Mehra (Ontario Health Coalition) To learn more: "Party of Profits: Ontario Tories and the profit motive in long-term care" by Zaid Noorsumar in Rank and File "For-profit nursing homes have four times as many COVID-19 deaths as city-run homes, Star analysis finds" by Marco Chown Oved, Brendan Kennedy, Kenyon Wallace, Ed Tubb and Andrew Bailey in The Toronto Star "40 Ontario nursing homes with the highest rates of reported abuse" by Valérie Ouellet, Dexter Brown in CBC Marketplace This episode is sponsored by WealthBar This show was brought to you by our patrons. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter . Additional music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque " Clean Soul " by Kevin Macleod, adapted.

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PANDEMIC 4 - Ontario Reaps its Dividends is an episode from COMMONS by Jesse Brown.

This episode is 27:24 long.

This episode was published on May 13, 2020.

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