Quebec election: Liberals pledge 1,500 more long-term care beds

A re-elected Liberal government would create 1,500 new beds in long-term care centres (CHSLD) for elders suffering from Alzheimer’s and other cognitive conditions, party leader Philippe Couillard announced Friday.
Touring the Outaouais region, Couillard focussed on seniors’ issues as he gave local radio interviews and met Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin in a café in picturesque Aylmer, just west of Ottawa.
One-third of the new long-term beds would be reserved fo