If you decide to get a COVID-19 vaccination, do you get paid time off work? Take a look at the vaccine policies for some of the bigger employers in Ontario, some of which also operate elsewhere.
The earlier Deschamps report was conducted at the request of the former Conservative government, under Stephen Harper. Its final report was delivered six months before Justin Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister.
Phillips said she welcomes Arbour s expanded mandate, including powers to look at the military justice system. However, she noted that many survivors are frustrated that more wasn t done after 2015. I understand when I hear survivors say, You know, enough studies, enough external reviews already, the government has had a clear recommendation and it failed to implement it, she said.
Phillips said the government did not implement Deschamps recommendation to establish an independent body outside the armed forces, to deal with issues of sexual misconduct.
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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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The Ontario Health Coalition (OHC), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE) held a virtual conference to review wait times for long-term care in northwestern Ontario, hospital overcrowding and patient offloading and why a Human Rights Commission public inquiry is needed.
According to a press release, Kenora and northwestern Ontario have on average 13 people moving into long-term care per month. There are also 264 people on the waitlist for a long-term care bed with wait times ranging up to three years.
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