The Ford government is nowhere near on track to achieving its targets for cutting Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions, according to new internal forecasts that have never before been made public.
Phillips returns to cabinet as Ford shuffles new faces in torontosun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from torontosun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Premier Ford needs to reverse course and open safe outdoor recreation facilities.
In a statement Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner said he has consistently called on the Premier to follow the science, to listen to and act on the advice from the science advisory team. The science team has put out what will work and what won t work. What it specially said will not work for our policies that discourage safe outdoor activity will not limit the spread of COVID-19 and will disproportionately harm children and those who do not have access to their own greenspace. COVID-19 will disproportionately harm children and those who do not have access to their own greenspace.
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A person representing factory and food processing plant workers is covered by a sheet as a group advocating for provincially mandated paid sick days for workers participates in a die-in rally outside Queens Park in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Ontario says it will present a paid sick-leave program for essential workers in a matter of days, following repeated calls for it to act on the issue.
Public health experts, labour groups, and local officials have been calling for sick-leave support for much of the pandemic, arguing it would reduce COVID-19 spread in workplaces.
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