It was a highly anticipated testimony. Seniors minister Marguerite Blais finally appeared at the coroner’s inquest into deaths in Quebec’s long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic. Blais is currently on a medical leave and her testimony was at times emotional. But as Raquel Fletcher reports, that did not stop the coroner from asking tough questions.
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