May 5, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
On April 19, the Canadian government released its first budget in two years; a 725-page document with $101 billion in new spending. Federal Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte explains how the budget helps out seniors and gives her reactions, while Laura Tamblyn Watts, the CEO of CanAge, a national seniors’ advocacy organization working to improve the lives of older adults through advocacy, policy and community engagement, also reacts and gives her assessment of the budget, both the pros and cons and how it impacts seniors in Canada.
Schulte thinks the new budget is a great budget for seniors, but she said she wants to take a step back and frame it as a great budget for Canadians in general.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comFriends of Medicare hosted a virtual rally on Zoom and Facebook Tuesday to demand publicly administered
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.
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