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Aging? What’s to be done?

The pandemic is exposing many cracks in Canada's already porous seniors' care system. We don't have much time to fix the problem, so we better get started.

Minster of Seniors Deb Schulte, pictured on the Hill on Sept. 25, 2020, is tasked with working with provincial and territorial governments to manage long term care issues stemming from the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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