Ontario Declines Long-Term Care Commissioner’s Request for More Investigation Time

Paramedics take away an elderly patient at the Tendercare Living Centre, long-term-care facility during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., Canada, on Dec. 23, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

Ontario has rejected a request by an independent commission asking for more time to complete its final report on the causes and prevention of COVID-19 spread in long-term care (LTC) homes across the province.

LTC minister Merrilee Fullerton says the deadline of the final report is still expected by April 30.