The province of Ontario is taking over more long-term care homes, speeding up the independent commission that will investigate what went wrong during COVID-19 and stepping up inspections of 13 other facilities having trouble dealing with the outbreak.
While the politicians are the face of the system and the homes provide the care, the bureaucrats who actually oversee the system are responsible for making sure it follows the rules and regulations.
Richard Steele is the deputy minister of Long-Term Care, but was only appointed in March 2020. A career bureaucrat, Steele only started in this department as the pandemic was hitting the homes.
The same can’t be said for Brian Pollard, assistant deputy minister, Long-Term Care Operations. Pollard has held senior positions in the department, under the Liberals and Conservatives, for several years now. As has Stacey Colameco, who heads up the inspections branch. Prior to being named Director of LTC Inspections, Colameco was a senior manager for compliance and enforcement.
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