{"id":14859,"date":"2020-10-23T11:18:48","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T15:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=14859"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:38:01","slug":"families-fear-bill-could-let-ltc-duck-liability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/families-fear-bill-could-let-ltc-duck-liability\/","title":{"rendered":"Families fear bill could let LTC duck liability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(October 22, 2020)<\/p>\n<p>By: Antonella Artuso, Ottawa Sun<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO &#8211; Reckless nursing homes can still be held legally accountable for COVID-19 infections, Premier Doug Ford insists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They can continue to sue them,&#8221; Ford said Wednesday. &#8220;This does not protect them 100% by any means.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His government introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide wide protection from COVID-19 transmission lawsuits provided there was a &#8220;good faith&#8221; effort to follow public health advice and guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents to the bill say the government has made it much harder to take bad players in long-term care to court.<\/p>\n<p>NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Ford has repeatedly said he&#8217;ll hold those responsible accountable for the crisis in long-term care. &#8220;(On Tuesday, Ford) actually exempted these for-profit chains from legal liability and also exempted himself,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/58b49213f97502b1c5ecb214\/distribution\/5f9166b8be5b5a3d605dce6f\/document\/sGMKQ-UIY3eA_LPfJxX2sGlh-XM\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Natalie Mehra<\/span>,<\/a> executive director of the<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/58b49213f97502b1c5ecb214\/distribution\/5f9166b8be5b5a3d605dce6f\/document\/sGMKQ-UIY3eA_LPfJxX2sGlh-XM\">Ontario Health Coalition<\/a><\/span>, said people are upset.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First they watched their loved ones die and now they&#8217;re afraid they will never get any justice,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The longterm-care providers lobbied for it and they got it &#8230; I&#8217;m angry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Doug Downey said the bill is designed to protect volunteers and small businesses that would be vulnerable to lawsuits.<\/p>\n<p>Ford said the bill is aimed at protecting people like a convenience store owner accused by a customer of spreading COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; With files from Sue-Ann Levy<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/58b49213f97502b1c5ecb214\/distribution\/5f9166b8be5b5a3d605dce6f\/document\/sGMKQ-UIY3eA_LPfJxX2sGlh-XM\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(October 22, 2020) By: Antonella Artuso, Ottawa Sun TORONTO &#8211; Reckless nursing homes can still be held legally accountable for COVID-19 infections, Premier Doug Ford insists. &#8220;They can continue to sue them,&#8221; Ford said Wednesday. &#8220;This does not protect them 100% by any means.&#8221; His government introduced a bill Tuesday that would provide wide protection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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