People in Port Hope, Ont. protest the expansion of a long-term care home owned by Southbridge Care Homes, a for-profit chain with over 30 homes across Ontario, on June 20. During the pandemic, the company's homes had some of the worst death rates in the province.
CBC News looked at the monetary penalties issued from April 2022 to the beginning of May 2023, and examined each home's inspection reports which detail the specifics of the violations. Those reports were then compared to some homes with similar repeated violations who haven't received fines. "We're going to make significant investments but the standards are going to be the highest in North America."
"I think that you [should] have to show that you have a good track record in order to get these expansions and get this extra money," said Meadus, refering to the subsidies for expansion. One of those enforcement measures was "administrative monetary penalties" for failure to comply with the act. It also included potential fines of up to $1 million for corporations that failed to follow the law.