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“There are a lot of things that would make a difference. And making sure that people who are sick don’t go to work is one of them.” – Dr Isaac Bogoch, Toronto General Hospital.
To his credit, Premier Doug Ford with the latest lockdown has instituted an exposure-based protocol. “Hot zones” will be targeted with mobile vaccination teams visiting workplaces and neighbourhoods.
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Half-measures will not suffice, for as Dr. Bogoch asserts, “Every expert has said that we are not going to vaccinate ourselves out of a third wave.”
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OTTAWA - It has been 11 months since Christine Ilott lost her job in live theatre when the pandemic forced closures in the entertainment industry.
A woman checks out a jobs sign board during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
OTTAWA - It has been 11 months since Christine Ilott lost her job in live theatre when the pandemic forced closures in the entertainment industry.
The Toronto-area woman has unsuccessfully hunted for work since, relying on the Canada Emergency Response Benefit and its successor the Canada Recovery Benefit to pay her bills.
Paid sick leave is essential to stopping the pandemic
But the Ford government is not budging on calls to provide 10 days of paid sick leave as the virus spreads among frontline workers By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
As Ontario struggles to contain the second wave of the coronavirus, the lack of paid sick days for essential frontline workers is only adding to the number of cases.
On Monday, the Toronto Board of Health voted unanimously in favour of a motion asking the provincial government to ensure workers have access to 10 paid sick days during the pandemic. But the Ford government remains unmoved.