Controversial law designed to free up hospital beds to be tested in Ontario court

Michele Campeau, left, visits with her mother, Ruth Poupard, 83, at Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare where she is recovering from a broken hip, in Windsor, Ont., on April 3, 2024. The constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing, or face a $400 per day charge should they refuse, will be tested in court as a Charter challenge gets underway Monday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Dax Melmer