Ontario issues stay-at-home order except for essentials
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Stay at home order makes perfect sense. Intelligent people will be able to judge when exceptions are justified (basically anything to do with health or the continuation of life).
Funny there is no corona at walmart where they are making billions extra while all the churches are going broke, but what ever...
Still waiting for Jebus to stand up and for biden to kill some more muslims to make the chinese and the other haters happy
btw
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LOL sticks and stones - the religiously brainwashed are so missing the real deal. Marxism will fix that though. After all it's funded by the bankers that are doing god's work, and they always seem to get what they want eventually. It's their fancy pants al gore rhythms I guess...and their bribery program.
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Senate approves $150G for new desks for employees
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Publishing date:Feb 12, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 1 minute read
The Senate approved $150,000 for employees to request new office furniture like desks and chairs. PHOTO BY DOBLE-D /iStock / Getty Images
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Senate employees working from home due to the global pandemic can request new desks and chairs.
The Senate committee on internal economy approved the new office furniture spending to a maximum of $150,000 by a 9-6 vote, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Once that cap of $150,000 is reached, the administration can come back to the Senate with further guidance on next steps,” said Senator Sarabjit Marwah (Ont.), chair of the committee on internal economy.
“All items remain property of the Senate. You could bring those items back.”
However, critics questioned why employees couldn’t use tables and desks already in their home.
“Many of us are also sitting at home and doing a lot of our work from our living rooms and our dining rooms,” said Senator Donald Plett (Man.), Opposition Leader in the Senate. “I have been using a dining room table for an awful lot of work in the Senate, and my dining room chair, a hard-back chair.”
Fellow Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain (Que.) was also opposed to the spending.
“I am totally opposed to this proposal,” said Saint-Germain. “I feel first of all it is premature, and is based on something permanent when we are in a temporary situation.”
The federal government spent more than $36 million last year on new desks, chairs, floor mats, laptops, printers, headphones and other equipment for employees working from home, according to the Department of Public Works.
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ostmedia NewsPublishing date:Feb 12, 2021 • 15 hours ago • 1 minute read
The Senate approved $150,000 for employees to request new office furniture like desks and chairs. PHOTO BY DOBLE-D /iStock / Getty Images
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Senate employees working from home due to the global pandemic can request new desks and chairs.
The Senate committee on internal economy approved the new office furniture spending to a maximum of $150,000 by a 9-6 vote, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Once that cap of $150,000 is reached, the administration can come back to the Senate with further guidance on next steps,” said Senator Sarabjit Marwah (Ont.), chair of the committee on internal economy.
“All items remain property of the Senate. You could bring those items back.”
However, critics questioned why employees couldn’t use tables and desks already in their home.
“Many of us are also sitting at home and doing a lot of our work from our living rooms and our dining rooms,” said Senator Donald Plett (Man.), Opposition Leader in the Senate. “I have been using a dining room table for an awful lot of work in the Senate, and my dining room chair, a hard-back chair.”
Fellow Senator Raymonde Saint-Germain (Que.) was also opposed to the spending.
“I am totally opposed to this proposal,” said Saint-Germain. “I feel first of all it is premature, and is based on something permanent when we are in a temporary situation.”
The federal government spent more than $36 million last year on new desks, chairs, floor mats, laptops, printers, headphones and other equipment for employees working from home, according to the Department of Public Works.
Senate approves $150G for new desks for employees
Senate employees working from home due to the global pandemic can request new desks and chairs.
True , but when expects others to act as them , there is a problem . Just because I don’t eat meat doesn’t mean no one should .
Ummmm. Why buy new?
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Retirement home removed door handles to residents' rooms during COVID outbreak
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Publishing date:Feb 13, 2021 • 13 hours ago • 2 minute read
An investigation is under way after reports surfaced that residents of White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence, in Courtice, had their door handles removed to prevent them from leaving their suites. PHOTO BY JACK BOLAND /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
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Taking the handles off doors to trap potentially COVID-positive seniors in their rooms was so “disturbing” that the president of the company that owns the retirement home in Durham Region was furious.
Now David Bird — president and CEO of Diversicare Canada, which operates White Cliffe Terrace in Courtice — has apologized.
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“We are connecting with residents and family members to let them know what happened, how truly sorry we are, and the steps we are taking to prevent this from happening again,” he told the Toronto Sun in a statement Saturday.
“We are thankful no residents were harmed due to these actions and I am thankful that this serious incident was brought to our attention,” he added.
First came revelations of quarantined travellers being confined to their hotel rooms, and now comes word a senior’s residence is being investigated for preventing residents from being able to leave their rooms.
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Fortunately, Bird was quick to acknowledge the problem and took immediate action to fix it.
“I was deeply disturbed to learn that a small number of resident suite door handles were removed in our residence within the Assisted Living household – it was a violation of our protocols and practices,” he said. “As soon as we became aware of the incident, all residents’ door handles were immediately reinstalled.
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Bird said the general manager of the residence has also been placed on leave
One family who has frequented the home said this would be classified as an “out of character” approach for a centre that is generally known as warm and generous.
When so many seniors have died in long-term homes as a result of the coronavirus, people are understandably frightened.
But Ontario’s Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility released a statement condemning the removal of door handles from seniors’ rooms as “completely unacceptable” and assured it “will not be tolerated.”
Durham Regional Police have been notified.
“We are looking into the matter,” Sgt. George Tudos said.
Meanwhile, Bird has assured the media it will not happen again.
“There is absolutely no excuse to remove door handles — ever,” he said. “We have deployed a senior member of our team at the residence now to conduct a thorough review of all operations and to support our residents and team members.”
“Residents and family members trust us to provide a very high standard of service to our residents and we let them down. We will do everything we can to earn back their trust,” Bird added.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
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Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Publishing date:Feb 13, 2021 • 13 hours ago • 2 minute read
An investigation is under way after reports surfaced that residents of White Cliffe Terrace Retirement Residence, in Courtice, had their door handles removed to prevent them from leaving their suites. PHOTO BY JACK BOLAND /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network
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Taking the handles off doors to trap potentially COVID-positive seniors in their rooms was so “disturbing” that the president of the company that owns the retirement home in Durham Region was furious.
Now David Bird — president and CEO of Diversicare Canada, which operates White Cliffe Terrace in Courtice — has apologized.
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“We are connecting with residents and family members to let them know what happened, how truly sorry we are, and the steps we are taking to prevent this from happening again,” he told the Toronto Sun in a statement Saturday.
“We are thankful no residents were harmed due to these actions and I am thankful that this serious incident was brought to our attention,” he added.
First came revelations of quarantined travellers being confined to their hotel rooms, and now comes word a senior’s residence is being investigated for preventing residents from being able to leave their rooms.
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Fortunately, Bird was quick to acknowledge the problem and took immediate action to fix it.
“I was deeply disturbed to learn that a small number of resident suite door handles were removed in our residence within the Assisted Living household – it was a violation of our protocols and practices,” he said. “As soon as we became aware of the incident, all residents’ door handles were immediately reinstalled.
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Bird said the general manager of the residence has also been placed on leave
One family who has frequented the home said this would be classified as an “out of character” approach for a centre that is generally known as warm and generous.
When so many seniors have died in long-term homes as a result of the coronavirus, people are understandably frightened.
But Ontario’s Ministry of Seniors and Accessibility released a statement condemning the removal of door handles from seniors’ rooms as “completely unacceptable” and assured it “will not be tolerated.”
Durham Regional Police have been notified.
“We are looking into the matter,” Sgt. George Tudos said.
Meanwhile, Bird has assured the media it will not happen again.
“There is absolutely no excuse to remove door handles — ever,” he said. “We have deployed a senior member of our team at the residence now to conduct a thorough review of all operations and to support our residents and team members.”
“Residents and family members trust us to provide a very high standard of service to our residents and we let them down. We will do everything we can to earn back their trust,” Bird added.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
Retirement home removed door handles to residents' rooms during COVID outbreak
Removing door handles to trap seniors in their rooms was so “disturbing” the CEO of the company that owns the retirement home was furious.