Is for-profit home care the way of the future? Can not-for-profit organizations compete and innovate as well? Which system offers the best care for our sick and elderly?

Sophia Aggelonitis is the Liberal MPP for Hamilton Mountain, and the parliamentary assistant to the minister of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Elinor Caplan was appointed in 2004 by the McGuinty government to conduct an independent review of the competitive bidding process used by Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) to select service providers. She is a former MP, MPP and provincial minister of health.

Denise O'Connor is a research and policy consultant. She advocates for a quality home care system that is responsive to research. Her 2005 doctoral thesis is entitled: Governing Home Care in Ontario and England: Markets, Contracts and the Effects on Service Providers and Workers.

Judith Shamian is president & CEO of the Victorian Order of Nurses Canada. Dr. Shamian was appointed by the VON Canada Board effective June 2004.

Shirlee Sharkey is president and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Health Care - a diversified not-for-profit charitable health services organization.

Susan VanderBent is executive director of the Ontario Home Care Association, holds a faculty appointment in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, and is a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto.

Sandra Gionas is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. She has been at TVO since 1996, first as a producer for the Daily Unit at Studio 2, and then as a producer for More 2 Life. She has covered health and education issues extensively for TVO. Sandra is a graduate of the University of Toronto, and Ryerson University’s School of Journalism. Follow Sandra on Twitter.

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