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.@richardstarr_ns via @Tim_Bousquet 'Liberal leadership race: a weak field carrying heavy baggage'
#nspoli #NSLP @nsliberal_ldr
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#nspoli #NSLP @nsliberal_ldr
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2) In alphabetical order we have @RandyDelorey, the @nshealth minister whose tenure has coincided with what has been described as a health care crisis, topped off by 57 deaths in nursing homes overseen by his department. #Northwood
3) Then there is @LabiKousoulis, lately the @NSLAE minister in a notoriously anti-labour government, and the post-secondary education boss who did nothing as university tuition fees in Nova Scotia became the highest in the country.
.@UniforTheUnion, which represents 450 workers at #Northwood, says #PPE was withheld in early stages of the outbreak because the nursing home, like many others in Cda., was concerned about its supply running out.
Story @GregMercerGlobe theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
Story @GregMercerGlobe theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
2)@JanetHazey, Pres. @NS_nurses, said staffing levels at #Northwood have long been a major concern of hers.
She said the union has been calling for a staff review at Northwood for years and published a report called Broken Homes in late 2015. @MulliganCBC cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
She said the union has been calling for a staff review at Northwood for years and published a report called Broken Homes in late 2015. @MulliganCBC cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
3) @LindaMacNeil3 of #Uniforsaid there will be a meeting of the health-care unions on Thurs. She said the call for a public inquiry will likely be a topic of discussion.
Janet Simm said Northwood welcomes the scrutiny.
(@StephenMcNeil has consistently dodged the question.)
Janet Simm said Northwood welcomes the scrutiny.
(@StephenMcNeil has consistently dodged the question.)
1) B.C. made this critical, life-saving change to staffing in #LongTermCare on Mar. 31.
@AndrewRankinCB @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-govern…
@AndrewRankinCB @nsgov took 2 weeks to enact another PHAC guideline to limit nursing home workers from working at multiple LTC facilities. That #COVID19NS thechronicleherald.ca/news/ns-govern…
2) policy came into effect in Nova Scotia on April 23.
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasn’t adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
(In early April, many Nova Scotians were asking why NS wasn’t adopting the BC model, which included ensuring our #HealthcareHeroes were giving FT hrs at 1 facility. #nspoli
3) As early as March 13, Nova Scotia healthcare unions were united in their call to @nshealth for PPE’s - #N95masks specifically - for all frontline workers.
Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
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Those calls were ignored.
@cupenovascotia @NS_nurses @NSGEU @UniforTheUnion @NSNDP #nshealth
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