Posted: Feb 23, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 23
As of Monday, 129 long-term care homes in Ontario were in the grips of a COVID-19 outbreak. Most of the cases at those homes involve workers.(iStock) Shocking, appalling, offensive and disappointing are just some of the words critics are using to describe the Ontario government s latest plan to train personal support workers (PSWs) in the province.
On Monday, the ministers of long-term care and labour, training and skills development announced details of the $4.1-million plan to recruit and train 373 new PSWs across Ontario.
But both the Ontario Health Coalition and the Canadian Union of Public Employees say more than 20,000 PSWs are actually needed right now, mainly in the long-term care sector. They re dismissing the province s investment as completely inadequate.