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VICTORIA -- Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said a re-elected Liberal government will give provinces up to $9 billion over the next five years to hike wages and train more workers in Canada's troubled long-term care homes.
"This pandemic laid bare unacceptable and heartbreaking conditions in too many long-term care homes across the country," Trudeau said, speaking outside the Veterans Memorial Lodge in Victoria Thursday.
"Think about it: we had to send the Armed Forces into retirement homes -- in Canada."
The funding would triple the $3 billion promised in last spring's budget, and will require Ottawa to reach similar agreements with provincial governments to the child care deals signed in the days leading up to the election call.
Provinces that want the federal money for long-term care will have to agree to hike wages to at least $25 an hour, for instance. There will also be funds to train 50,000 more workers, and money to improve both the quality of care and capacity in care homes.
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