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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to consider invoking the federal Emergencies Act given the dire pandemic outlook in Ontario.
In a letter to Trudeau, Singh says such a declaration could help ensure a more co-ordinated delivery of vaccines to those who need them most.
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âIf public confidence in the governmentâs response to COVID-19 is further eroded, this will make it almost impossible to stop the spread of the virus,â Singh wrote. â The stakes could not be higher. Doctors have called the current situation in Ontario a âcatastropheââ¦. We have to act now.â
Canada could invoke Federal Emergencies Act to aid Ontario with vaccines and sick pay
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Canada s Federal Emergencies Act could be a way for Ontario to access the paid sick leave and improved vaccine rollout it so desperately needs, according to Jagmeet Singh, and he s urging Justin Trudeau to consider invoking it to help the province navigate its deadly third wave.
The leader of the NDP sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau Monday morning asking him to revisit the possibility of declaring a public welfare emergency under the act in Ontario as case rates continue to soar and ICUs fill up, something that was considered by the PM once before early on in the pandemic.
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