Eastern Ontario Warden's Caucus advocates for expanded support in long-term care

The Eastern Ontario Warden's Caucus (EOWC) advocates for government investment in municipal long-term care homes, improved staffing, and care of residents. Member municipalities have identified four key priorities in long-term care for the coming year:

• That the Province provide funding to offset premiums that municipalities are required to pay for private staffing-agency workers
• That the Province fund temporary foreign workers to fill the human resources gap in rural long-term care homes
• That the Province reinstate the Construction Funding Subsidy (CFS) that ended in August of 2023 to help municipalities build and reinvest in long-term care homes
• That the Province implement a low-interest loan program to assist municipalities with the capital redevelopment and expansion of long-term care homes, and that these loans apply to homes that are both under construction and yet to be built

EOWC delegates delivered that message to Provincial leaders at the recent Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA) Conference in Toronto, January 21. And submitted it as part of the 2024 Province of Ontario Budget Consultation, January 31.

Click here to read the EOWC ROMA Conference briefing package
Click here to read to the 2024 Ontario Pre-Budget Consultation submission
Click here to visit the EOWC long-term care advocacy page

At the ROMA Conference in Toronto, Jan 21-23: MPP Stephane Sarrazin, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell; MPP Laurie Scott, Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Brock; Warden Jamie MacDonald, United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry; EOWC Vice-Chair, Bonnie Clark, Peterborough County; Minister Kinga Surma, Ministry of Infrastructure; MPP John Yakabuski, Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke; Chair Peter Emon, Renfrew County; Warden Pierre Leroux, United Counties of Prescott & Russell; MPP John Jordan, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston; MPP Dave Smith, Peterborough-Kawartha; Warden Brian Ostrander, Northumberland County.