‘Needless deaths’

Dear Editor:

Doug Ford’s government has refused to offer the necessary protection to residents of long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19 outbreaks.

Instead, he has legally protected the facilities, not the residents, with his Bill 218. By pardoning the LTCs of any wrongdoing, he has by default, implicated his public health directors in the devastation that has taken place.

It is evident that the public health guidelines which the LTCs have been following are seriously flawed, as proven by the sheer number of needless deaths.

Geoff Hotson, Mount Forest