Quebec Premier's request for the military to stay on is raising concerns

Quebec Premier Francois Legault's request for the military to stay on in nearly two-dozen long-term care homes until September is raising several concerns.

Legault wants to buy time so the province can hire and train as many as 10,000 orderlies to take over when the troops leave.

Instead of tying up hundreds of trained military medical personnel for another four months, sources say Ottawa is looking at whether the Canadian Red Cross can step in.

Officials are also looking at how to speed up the hiring of workers in Quebec.

Quebec reported 74 new COVID-19 deaths today for a total of more than 4,300 province-wide deaths.

Premier Francois Legault says there may be more deaths to come in the province's long-term care homes.