‘We’re really discarded’ – an 83-year-old on taxes and discrimination against singles

So far, her campaign has generated a few radio interviews and this column, plus some moral support from a seniors advocacy group called CanAge. “When you look at some of the privileges that spouses have for each other, it does have a negative impact if you’re a solo person,” said Laura Tamblyn Watts, president and […]

They were sicker and more vulnerable. So why did long-term-care patients see fewer doctors during COVID’s first wave?

“When you look at a report like this you see so starkly how we have left older Canadians to die,” said Laura Tamblyn Watts, president and CEO of CanAge, a national seniors advocacy group. “We left them by not providing basic care in some cases in long-term care and then when they got sick, by […]