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THREAD: How Ontario all but ceased conducting comprehensive inspections of long-term care homes. @CBCNews revealed today that only 9 of 626 homes received a full "resident quality inspection" (RQI) last year. #COVID19 cbc.ca/news/canada/se…
In June 2013, the government committed to annual comprehensive inspections of all long-term care homes in the province. These typically took 3-4 inspectors about 8 days, including interviews with staff & residents and a focus on infection prevention.
news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2013…
The auditor general questioned the efficiency of these comprehensive annual inspections in her 2015 annual report, calling for a "cost-benefit analysis to determine the
frequency in which comprehensive inspections should take place in the future." auditor.on.ca/en/reports_en/…
In 2017 the ministry's goal remained a "comprehensive inspection at all long-term care homes every year." Some of these inspections were "risk-focused" but still required two inspectors working for three to five days. auditor.on.ca/en/content/ann…
"Every long-term care home receives an RQI annually," said the province in its Sept. 2018 final submission to the Wettlaufer inquiry into long-term care. "Focusing only on specific complaints or critical incidents could lead to missing systemic issues." longtermcareinquiry.ca/wp-content/upl…
The Ontario Long-Term Care Association, which predominantly represents private nursing homes, urged the Ford government in its 2019 budget submission to pare back the annual inspections, saying homes are "overburdened with documentation and restrained by rules and inspections."
Still, in July 2019, the Wettlaufer inquiry in its final report describes resident quality inspections as "annual," and a part of the "rigorous inspection regime" under Ontario's long-term care laws. longtermcareinquiry.ca/en/final-repor…
Yet only nine such comprehensive inspections were conducted in 2019, out of more than 600 homes. The Ministry of Long-Term Care now says its "risk-based inspection framework determines how frequent and intense inspections will be." #COVID19Ontario
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THREAD: Let’s break down the claim by the Ford government that it is devoting $17B in new money on the response to #COVID19 ... because that isn’t actually true.
The bulk of the $17B is $10B in deferrals of business taxes and @WSIB premiums. It’s not “spending” and it’s also not revenue the province will forego forever. In fact, Finance Ministry officials confirmed the province still expects to collect that revenue later this fiscal year
Govt claims $1.5B in “new spending” on electricity cost relief. It’s not actually new, as total hydro subsidy is $5.6B, roughly what was spent in 2019-20. It’s only “new” compared to what was *budgeted* for 2019-20. And ... it’s not because of #COVID19
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Premier Doug Ford says putting billboards on Ontario’s 400 series highways could generate “a couple hundred million” in revenue for the province. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ki…
I got wondering where @fordnation came up with this figure that billboards along Ontario highways could generate “a couple hundred million” in revenue for the province. So I did some research, and some math.
One of the biggest outdoor advertising companies in Canada, Astral, is part of Bell Media, a division of corporate giant BCE. Here is BCE’s annual report. bce.ca/investors/AR-2…
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The Ford government said it inherited a $15 billion deficit from the Wynne government for 2018-19. The final numbers are in, and the deficit was actually $7.4B. #onpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Some fascinating tidbits in the public accounts about the health of the Ontario economy in fiscal 2018-19. Corporate tax revenue grew by $1B from 2017-18 because corporate profits grew 9.6%. #onpoli
Household disposal income increased 5.4% in 2018-19 from the previous year. The province’s revenue from personal income tax increased by $2.5B over 2017-18. #onpoli
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