The COVID-19 pandemic

[tomh009]

Revera is going to have to provide some good answers for this disaster. The Unifor union has stated that much of this could have probably been avoided if the staff were permitted to have access to PPE. For a while, they were not allowed to wear masks because they were told it would scare the residents of the home. Revera also demanded staff come to work even if they have tested positive for Covid-19, regardless of the symptoms. Residents who were positive were not put into isolation fast enough either, which lead to it spreading very fast as it's hard to social distance in such places, especially when it comes to meal times.

Ideally, the company should be charged and certain staff forced to resign.

Sounds like the managers responsible should have to answer in criminal and/or civil court. Telling their staff they can’t wear PPE? That sounds like negligence to me. Requiring employees to come in who have tested positive sounds like reckless endangerment.

Note: not a lawyer. But these aren’t just mistakes that “anybody” could make.

They do sound serious. But we only have crumbs of information through the media. If it goes to court, we should be able to see the full picture.