Doctor Death

Accountability is not a strong suit for MPP Dr. Merrilee Fullerton. When confronted with a scathing report about her slow response to COVID-19, which contributed to devastating loss of life in nursing homes, she declined to *apologize*, let alone resign.

Dr. Fullerton refuses to account for—or even acknowledge— her failures which resulted in horrific conditions in long term care facilities. She arrogantly walked out on a press conference in much the same way as she abandoned seniors to rot. Shameful dereliction of duty.

Minister Fullerton ended the news conference after taking questions from only three reporters. Her staff said she had to get to question period, which is true, but starting a news conference at 10am when QP starts at 10:30 is a guaranteed way to cut it short. #COVID19Ontario pic.twitter.com/NRApuiTMfY

— Mike Crawley (@CBCQueensPark) May 3, 2021

The unmitigated gall is truly something to behold.

Quite the moment at Queen's Park today, when the Minister of Long-Term Care said she will "not be spoken to that way" after being asked to resign over the nearly 4,000 deaths in Ontario nursing homes during the pandemic. #onpoli pic.twitter.com/HT9DcdRGbH

— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello) May 4, 2021

To be clear, Dr. Fullerton is only part of the problem. The connections between the Ontario PC Party and for-profit LTC runs deep:

#ONpoli

Doug Ford:
"I have no buddies in long-term care."

THREAD OF 14 OF DOUG FORD'S BUDDIES IN LTC!!!

— T.O. Resident (@TO_Resident) May 5, 2021

I initially thought this was a quote from The Beaverton, but it was real life as quoted by the Toronto Sun:

And when reading The Beaverton, I mistook this for a real quote:

Apart from murdering seniors via horrendous policy & half-hearted measures, Dr. Fullerton is also killing satire.

h/t @vote4robgill for the image inspo