Court asked to review Ontario decision to form personal support worker agency
TORONTO — A coalition of Ontario’s home-care providers is asking a court to review a government decision to create a central body for delivering personal support care, saying the province did not consult industry members on the move.
The Home First Alliance for Patients, consisting of 11 home-care providers, has filed an application for judicial review of the government decision announced last fall.
It argues the new agency, which has not been fully launched, would ultimately harm patients as it would introduce uncertainty into the system and could compromise quality of care.
The application argues the move violates the providers’ collective right to procedural fairness and seeks to have a judge quash the government decision.