The Bill Kelly Show Podcast:
The Ontario government would have the power for the first time to fine nursing homes and appoint a supervisor to take control of the most dysfunctional facilities under proposed legislation aimed at holding the sector accountable for the quality of care it provides.
The new fines, ranging from $200,000 for an individual to $1-million for a corporation, are part of a wide-ranging overhaul of the province’s rules governing long-term care. Under proposed legislation introduced in the Ontario Legislature on Thursday, the government pledged to spend billions of dollars on hiring more workers for the chronically understaffed sector, to double the number of inspectors and to build new facilities to replace the aging stock of homes with multibed wards.
GUEST: Rod Phillips, Minister of Long-Term Care and MPP for Ajax
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Conservatives ask ethics commissioner to investigate Margaret Trudeau's speaking appearance
As Trudeau heads to COP26, a new analysis gives his climate plan a good grade·
Steven Guilbeault got the gig he wanted. Will he be able to handle the heat?
GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering both Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill
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Another shoe may drop today in the Chicago Blackhawks scandal. Last night, shortly after a meeting with N-H-L commissioner Gary Bettman, Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville resigned.
It comes after Kyle Beach revealed himself as the player who says he was sexually assaulted by blackhawks video-coach Brad Aldrich.
Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff is scheduled to speak with Bettman today.
GUEST: John Matisz, National Hockey Writer for The Score
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