Ontario could see 1,000 cases a day by June: Modelling
4:30 pm New modelling projections from the Ontario science advisory table predict the province could drop down to 1,000 daily cases by June in the best case scenario, the table’s co-chair Adalsteinn Brown said during a press conference on Thursday.
However, the best case scenario modelled would require a shorter list of essential workplaces than currently open, an effective sick pay plan, lower mobility and a focus on vaccinating high-risk communities.
Brown added that Ontario is currently at a moderate level of reducing transmission rather than the best case scenario. He pointed to the sick pay program recently implemented by Premier Doug Ford’s government, which would give workers up to three paid sick days. He said the province will need an “effective” sick pay program, which would give workers up to 14 days of paid sick leave and would put the onus on employers for reimbursement, to bring the province up to the be
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Hot Docs 2021: Meet the Toronto activists taking on Uber
As films about gig work screen at Hot Docs, a new coalition wants to change the public narrative around ride-hailing and delivery apps By Julia Mastroianni
Samuel Engelking
The subject of a short doc, RideFairTO s JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz want to change how Torontonians think about gig work.
RIDE FAIR (Javier Lovera), 7 minutes;
THE GIG IS UP (Shannon Walsh), 88 minutes. Both films available Thursday (April 29) at 10 am to May 9. hotdocs.ca
In the short documentary Ride Fair, JJ Fueser, Brendan Agnew-Iler and Thorben Wieditz meet virtually to discuss how private tech companies are increasingly becoming entwined in public policy.
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Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments
Toronto mobilizes parks ambassadors to clear encampments
Housing activists say they ve noticed increased surveillance of people living in parks By Julia Mastroianni
Photo Courtesy Ginger Dean
Parks ambassadors, in the yellow vests, called on Streets to Homes workers and the police to approach encampment residents under the Gardiner Expressway in 2020.
Around the start of COVID-19, at an encampment on the property of Holy Trinity Church in Toronto, residents received certification papers from church leaders verifying they were allowed to live there.
But Teanna Macintyre, a resident at the time, says city parks ambassadors came by almost daily to try and force everyone off the property.