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Home care failed her husband in his final days. It’s failing thousands of other Canadians, too
Nearly one million Canadians rely on some sort of home care support, but a Marketplace investigation has found a shroud of secrecy around for-profit companies’ use of public funds.
Across the country, home care is publicly funded, but how it’s delivered varies widely. B.C., Saskatchewan and the territories deliver public home care themselves. All other provinces also contract private companies.
Ontario issues thousands of contracts to
