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Posted: Jan 10, 2021 1:32 PM ET | Last Updated: January 11
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks to reporters at a rally outside a Toronto long-term care home on Sunday.(CBC)
Leaders of two federal political parties attended a rally outside a Toronto long-term care home on Sunday.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Leader Annamie Paul joined a crowd of demonstrators outside St. George Care Community, a for-profit facility operated by Sienna Senior Living.
Both leaders called on the federal government to play a larger role in protecting long-term care residents in Ontario from COVID-19.
Singh said Ottawa should be working with the provinces to increase the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as the second wave of the pandemic continues. An increase in the number of people vaccinated against the novel coronavirus would help to prevent long-term care home deaths, he said.