HERE’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET MAD

We get governments to take concrete, speci c, urgent action. And we have big plans for 2022! Here’s just one example:

When covid devastated Ontario’s woefully unprepared nursing homes, C.A.R.P. demanded that the Premier replace the Minister of

Long-Term Care and the highly paid bureaucrats presiding over the mess.

Over 8,000 people signed our online petition.

We produced a booklet summarizing our petition results and making speci c demands for future action.

We presented it to the Premier and all MPPS. You can download a digital copy at CARP.ca/MinisterPhillips.

The government responded. In a cabinet shuf e, the Minister was replaced. So was the Deputy Minister. Then the new Minister announced a doubling of nursing home inspectors and increased nes for homes that failed inspections – two actions we had speci cally demanded. There were also commitments to increasing staff and guaranteeing more hours of personal care for residents.

Here’s what’s next for 2022: • Fixing the healthcare system

Covid ruthlessly exposed the weaknesses in our overall healthcare system – hallway medicine, long wait times, uneven access to best-in-class medicines, lack of full funding of the most effective vaccines. Enough is enough. No provincial government should feel safe from the dissatisfaction of C.A.R.P. and our members!

• Making home care a priority component of long-term care

It’s time to get serious about home care. We want to see more nancial support for caregivers (like a Caregiver Tax Credit or rebates to ensure all caregivers are treated equally), plus more investment in “living in place” technology and telehealth.

• Improving nancial security

Even without the terrible effects of in ation, there are weaknesses all over the nancial landscape. We want increased protection for de ned bene t pensioners, enhanced pension protection to reduce the risk of pensions failing, and more attention to housing affordability.