The Ontario government has issued a statement that full-time and part-time workers who need time off due to Covid-19 will be able to get up to three days of paid sick leave. →
TORONTO – The provincial government is under crossfire on two hot fronts: vaccinations and paid sick days. While Premier Doug Ford remains in self-isolation after the positivity of a member of his staff and prefers to remain silent, at Queen’s Park is a battleground between the government and opposition.
Initial requests to pay for sick days hit a rubber wall. Then, last week, the Ontario government hinted that it would implement some sort of economic support. “It will be the best program in all of North America, no one excluded,” Premier Ford promised gloatingly. Yesterday, however, the government pulled the brakes: →
After months of building a wall against paying for sick days, the Ford government yesterday hinted that some sort of economic support for workers in Ontario could be implemented. →
