Opposition dismisses $3-billion budget promise for long-term care By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 21, 2021 5:46pm Kensington Gardens, a nursing home in Toronto, pictured in February (Richard Lautens/Toronto Star)
The federal government’s promise in Monday’s budget to invest $3 billion over five years in long-term care is “a pittance that was not worth talking about,” Quebec Conservative MP Richard Martel said Tuesday during question period.
Similar comments were made Wednesday by opposition MPs, who asked the government why it chose to dole out money to improve long-term-care (LTC) facilities, but not to meet the requests of provinces and territories for more health transfer payments.
Budget promises more than $3B for seniors and long-term-care improvements By Janet E Silver. Published on Apr 19, 2021 4:55pm The federal budget includes more money for seniors and funds to increase the standard of care at long-term care facilities.
The federal government is pledging more than $3 billion to help seniors.
After tabling her first budget as Finance minister on Monday, Chrystia Freeland apologized in the House of Commons for failing the residents of Canada’s long-term-care facilities.
“To them, and to their families, let me say this: I am so sorry,” Freeland said. “We owe you so much better than this.”
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Stiffness in our tissues causes tension in our cells. Research from the Buck Institute, the University Health Network (University of Toronto), Stanford University, and the University of Alberta shows that stiffness impacts the innate immune system by upping its metabolism. The findings suggest the cellular tension likely sets off an inflammatory loop that contributes to the development of chronic diseases of aging. Publishing in Cell Reports, Buck Associate Professor Dan Winer, MD, and colleagues present an emerging way of looking at how the immune system functions, possibilities for new immunotherapeutics, and a call for scientists to reconsider the way they do research.
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Stiffness in our tissues causes tension in our cells. Research from the Buck Institute, the University Health Network (University of Toronto), Stanford University, and the University of Alberta shows that stiffness impacts the innate immune system by upping its metabolism. The findings suggest the cellular tension likely sets off an inflammatory loop that contributes to the development of chronic diseases of aging. Publishing in
Cell Reports, Buck Associate Professor Dan Winer, MD, and colleagues present an emerging way of looking at how the immune system functions, possibilities for new immunotherapeutics, and a call for scientists to reconsider the way they do research.