PERHAPS I UNDERSTATED PROVINCIAL CONSERVATIVE PARTY FAILURES YESTERDAY

 I mentioned health care, gender equity, decent jobs and pay, education, and justice as areas of failure. I will be more specific in regards to health care as well as by expanding it to include seniors and nursing home grotesque failures particularly in the For Profit nursing home sector. I will also briefly mention and add environmental issues to the list.                                                                                                                ..............................................................................................                                                                       The Canadian  Forces were called in as an emergency measure to care for nursing home residents during the first year of Covid. What they found was appalling. Some residents had been confined to their beds for days at a time without proper bathroom capabilities, proper food, and even proper medication being given. Baths and clean clothing had been ignored and some of the facilities were filthy. It was a life risking affront to the residents, to human dignity and to the families of residents. No government should ever survive such a scandal much less be rewarded by being re-elected.                                                                .................................................................................................................                                                          The Doug Ford Conservative government has been a disaster for the environment. From MZO (Ministerial Zoning Orders) to proposed new highways north of Toronto that appear to be nothing more than donations to the aggregate and trucking businesses, business and the economy are given a free ride at the expense of the environment. This includes reductions in environmental oversight for development  proposals whether by environmental assessments or other processes. LPAT or Local Planning Area Tribunals have replaced the former OMB (Ontario Municipal Board)  which was roundly criticized and known to be developer biased. To date LPAT has not made a name for itself as being particularly citizen and resident friendly in their battles over gravel pits and inappropriate development such as the Hawk Ridge development at Union and First St. in Elmira. Similarly the battle is about to be joined by citizen groups opposed to a new gravel pit just outside Maryhill. Other local gravel pit battles include the proposed Hallman Pit in Wilmot.