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Residents gather to demand the Ford government do more to support Peel Region
by Melissa Nakhavoly and News Staff
Posted May 1, 2021 8:53 pm EDT
Last Updated May 1, 2021 at 9:24 pm EDT
Medical professionals and residents gathered in Mississauga to demand the province do more for Peel Region. CITYNEWS
A coalition of education workers, doctors, parents and community activists came together Saturday in Mississauga to demand the Ford government do more to help Peel Region.
As of Saturday, there were 95,043 total cases of COVID-19 in Peel Region with Brampton accounting for almost 60 per cent of those infections.
The group gathered outside the Peel Public Health building to voice their demands, which include higher priority access to vaccines and additional support for essential workers including 10 paid sick days.
Paid sick days must be universal, sufficient and permanent
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TORONTO, April 21, 2021 /CNW/ - The province s scramble to introduce paid sick days must meet the needs of workers with permanent, adequate and universal paid leave says Canada s largest private sector union. Ontario workers are watching and we will not be fooled if Premier Doug Ford or his ministers try to pull a fast one in today s announcement by not delivering adequate time off, or by making the benefit temporary. This crisis made some realities clear, including the undeniable truth that paid sick days save lives, said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.
Unifor continues to demand the immediate introduction of permanent, employer-paid sick leave as Premier Doug Ford delays action, shifts the blame and abandons essential workers, as ICU s fill to capacity. I m not the only Ontarian left stunned by the Premier s lack of action, empathy or understanding of this public health crisis, said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President. Apologizing for ignoring the advice of scientists, doctors and frontline workers does not erase the mounting pain and suffering of this pandemic. Ford has the power to protect workers, and still, he refuses to enact paid sick days and prioritize essential workers.
On Thursday, April 22, the province reported 40 new deaths, more than 800 COVID-19 patients in ICU, and nearly 3,700 new cases. As ICUs fill, Ornge paramedics airlift vulnerable patients out of Toronto to seek care in other regions of the province.
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