Ontario unveils budget with record deficit fuelled by pandemic

Laura Tamblyn-Watts, chief executive officer of CanAge, a national seniors advocacy organization, said she was surprised by the lack of details on the government’s promise to increase direct care in nursing homes. She said the government has had months to recruit and train people to work in long-term care, as British Columbia has done, or issue a broad call for mass hiring as seen in Quebec. “This government has dragged its feet,” Ms. Tamblyn-Watts said.