How Ontario's health advisors handled the 'darkest day' of the pandemic Justin Ling: Doug Ford ignored the advice of the Ontario Science Table. Some considered resigning over the weekend. Now, will the premier listen to their plan? April 20, 2021 Brown, co-chair of Ontario's COVID-19 science advisory table, attends a briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto on April 1, 2021 (CP/Frank Gunn) There are plenty of tough jobs in Ontario right now: From those moving parcels at Amazon warehouses to those guiding i-beams at a condo construction site, workers are facing the grim of reality of the pandemic. Workers are going to the job site everyday without the guarantee of sick pay if they fall ill, need to get tested or snag a much-coveted vaccination spot.