Mr. Speaker, I think there are a couple of things we can do right away. I absolutely believe that we need to set some national standards. What are the best practices? What has worked in this pandemic, and what has not worked?
One of the things that is absolutely clear is that for-profit long-term care does not work. It results in more infection and more deaths. One starting point for the federal government, in addition to establishing national standards and norms, would be to start the process of removing profit from long-term care with Revera, which is owned by a federal agency. The federal government can immediately end the profit, move it to public and ensure we are saving lives.
We are calling of the federal government and on the Prime Minister to ensure that Revera, which is owned by a federal agency, is turned into a public service that is no longer private, so we save lives.