Former premier Mike Harris’s appointment to the Order of Ontario — the province’s highest honour — is sparking outrage online amid the COVID-19 debacle in long-term-care homes and his current position as board chair of one of the largest operators. Suze Morrison, Ontario NDP MPP for Toronto Centre, tweeted Harris “is the last person” she would put on a list of Order of Ontario appointees announced New Year’s Day. “In a moment in time when we’ve lost thousands of seniors to COVID-19 in these poorly managed, privatized homes, for the sake of profits, to recognize Mike Harris with this highest honour . Ottawa law student Tom Naciuk called the appointment “cronyism.”“Appointing the chair of Chartwell, Mike Harris, to the Order of Ontario, particularly after everything that has happened with for-profit LTC homes, is a sickening example of cronyism,” Naciuk wrote on Twitter. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar January 01, 2021 21:56 UTC