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August 22nd, 2021

Trudeau says for-profit healthcare is good enough for seniors

Justin Trudeau says private healthcare is bad for people... unless you’re a senior.

In the pandemic, for-profit facilities in Ontario saw 78% more deaths from COVID-19 than non-profits. Six of the seven facilities that required help from the Canadian Forces were private and for-profit.

But in March 2021, Justin Trudeau and Erin O’Toole voted against removing profit from long-term seniors care.

Jagmeet Singh:

“Justin Trudeau likes to campaign on private healthcare during election time, but he just voted to let corporations profit off health care for seniors. If he's really against private healthcare, why does he think it's good enough for our seniors?”