A public and independent inquiry shedding light on the entire management of the pandemic is always “relevant”, maintains Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, even if the recommendations of coroner Géhane Kamel do not go directly in this direction.
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The spokesperson for Québec solidaire calls for a “societal reflection” following the filing of the coroner’s inquest report, which looked into the 53 deaths that occurred in the seven most affected CHSLDs during the first wave of COVID-19.
The portrait painted by Mand Kamel shows that the last two years have not been marked only by “individual errors”, according to Mr. Nadeau-Dubois.
“How is it that in 2022, we are not able to ensure the dignity, the health, the safety of the people who built Quebec. This is why this public and independent inquiry is always relevant, ”he said Wednesday, during a press conference in Montreal, concerning the protection of senior tenants against evictions.
The holding of such an investigation is not intended to find culprits, to assign blame and “to know who did not respond to which email”, mentioned Mr. Nadeau-Dubois.
“It’s because we have a debt to the people who were victims of this pandemic, he continued. The way to repay this debt is to ask all the questions and shed light on what happened. »
Coroner Kamel’s report, tabled earlier this week, contains a series of recommendations. Without explicitly asking for a public inquiry, she notably invites the Legault government “to make a retrospective of the events by the vehicle that it deems appropriate”.
Mand Kamel is to hold a press conference on Thursday to present his findings.
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