Quebec Premier François Legault and Danielle McCann, the former health minister, are facing growing criticism for their decision to prioritize hospitals over long-term care homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A scathing report released Tuesday by Quebec’s ombudsman, Marie Rinfret, found it took the government weeks to react to the crisis in long-term care homes, where most of the 3,890 deaths in the first wave took place.
McCann held a news conference Tuesday morning in the room where she, the premier and public health director once provided daily updates for the public and the media.
McCann, now the minister of
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