The provincial ministers for health and seniors say concerns about the organization Contentment Social Services are prompting them to pursue new accreditation and licensing rules.Health Minister Adriana LaGrange, left, and Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon, right, address questions about Contentment Social Services on Monday.
Canniff had been expecting to go to an assisted-living facility. He and his family reported the hotel room wasn't properly equipped for his wheelchair, his hygiene wasn't being managed, and he was given fast food to eat. That's despite unpaid hotel bills that put more than two dozen people at risk of being evicted and sent to a homeless shelter, he said.
Nixon said the people had been moved twice in March: first, from apartment housing owned by a private landlord to the Leduc Travelodge, and then to the Park Inn. CBC News asked Contentment Social Services president Norton Smith on Monday to respond to the province's investigations and its plans for new regulations.