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David Bird wanted to honour his late 22-year-old son Graeme by donating $400,000 to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in 2012.
Over the course of the three years he made payments, Bird became so disgruntled with the lack of transparency behind his donation that if it had not been made in his son’s name, he would have considered halting it partway through his commitment.
For the lucrative rights to dispense publicly funded drugs to Ontario nursing homes, pharmacies must pay the homes millions of dollars in secret per-resident “bed fees,” a Star investigation reveals.
Seniors advocates, presented with the Star’s findings, say this practice raises serious accountability questions.