the 126-page, $475,000 review , completed by consulting firm kpmg in february and released by the united conservative government friday after being withheld for months, is narrow in its scope and its conclusions, said lorian hardcastle.
the review made five recommendations to government to improve its future pandemic response, both for covid-19 and other potential threats. those recommendations focused on bolstering workforce capacity in continuing-care facilities, supporting small businesses and communicating with municipalities.
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these types of third-party reviews, completed by consulting agencies, are typically not as rigorous or critical as public inquiries headed by a member of the judicial system, hardcastle argued. she pointed to ontario’s long-term care covid-19 commission report, which found government inaction heightened covid-19’s devastation of that province’s senior population, as an example.
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