I was just going to say that in home care for PSWs currently, in different provinces they're not allowed to carry their cellphone with them on their person into the home. They say that if there's an issue, the support worker has to then use the client's phone in order to call in for help. Well, if you're in a dangerous situation and you can't get to that phone, which we hear from our membership all the time.... They get cornered; they have to talk their way out of it.
Let's keep in mind too that support workers have different training across our nation. Some have a lot of training, some have no training, but almost none of them have crisis prevention and intervention training. They have no idea how to talk down a drug addict, an alcoholic.
We're putting really vulnerable people with vulnerable people, doing a job where they're in danger all the time.