Ontario's Economy & The Long Term Care Crisis
ZOOMER SQUAD: LONG-TERM CARE CRISIS A nurse working at a Vaughan long-term care home complained to her union that she was ordered last month to administer COVID-19 vaccine doses to non-front line workers where she worked as well as relatives of board members. And, CARP's petition to fire Ontario Minister Merrilee Fullerton reaches nearly 7,000 signatures. Our panel weighs in on the latest. Libby Znaimer is joined by the Zoomer Squad's David Cravit, Vice President of Zoomer Media and Chief Marketing Officer at CARP, Bill VanGorder, Interim Chief Policy Officer at CARP, and Peter Muggeridge, Senior Editor of Zoomer Magazine. IS ONTARIO READY TO REOPEN FOR BUSINESS? (28:28) Is Ontario ready to reopen the economy after weeks of a declared state-of-emergency and stay-at-home order? If so, what should that look like? Our panel of business experts weigh in on the latest. Libby Znaimer is joined by Rocco Rossi, President and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce along with Donna Dooher, Co-owner of Mildred's Temple Kitchen here in Liberty Village and Nadine Devereux-Iacullo, the Co-owner of Capo Salerno Italian Fashion in Toronto.