Chartwell Retirement Residences controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2020
COVID-19 deaths, funding, and distributions controversy
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chartwell attracted criticism in Ontario over resident deaths at for-profit care facilities, emergency provincial funding, and the payment of substantial dividends and other amounts to shareholders and board members. The controversy occurred amid wider scrutiny of the safety, staffing, oversight, and financing of seniors-care operators.
2020
Controversy surrounding Mike Harris’s Order of Ontario appointment
The announcement that former Ontario premier and former Chartwell board chair Mike Harris would receive the Order of Ontario generated controversy in the context of public debate about seniors-care governance during the pandemic.