A new Charter challenge that got underway Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.
You can no longer care for yourself.
Do you agree that because you can no longer care for yourself that it is okay for you to be shipped off to wherever the Government chooses and strip your of your rights?
It’s complicated.
Not medically able to care for yourself is not the same as not mentally competent to make decisions.
The government is saying find a place or we’ll find I’ve for you, their not saying you can’t choose or taking away any rights. They’re just saying you can’t live in the hospital and occupy hospital rooms which are in shortage right now.
I did address that though. This isn’t stripping and removing rights.
If they can find accommodation then they can use it, but if they can’t then they simply don’t get to live in the hospital indefinitely.