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Ontario expands vaccine eligibility, some pharmacies to offer Pfizer shots
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The Canadian Press, with files from staff
Workers in Ontario will soon be able access three paid sick days to help them self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic, but critics said the policy announced April 28 falls far short of what’s required to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government had for months resisted intense pressure from health experts and advocates who said paid sick leave would reduce workplace outbreaks. The province only shifted its stance recently, after the federal government left a national sick-pay benefit unchanged in this month’s budget.
Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton announced that a three-day sick leave policy which will be administered through the Workplace Insurance and Safety Board will be retroactive to April 19 and will end on Sept. 25. Employers will be reimbursed for up to $200 a day for what they pay out. The program will be created through new legislation the government is to introduce Apri
Windmills from the White Pines wind farm in Milford, Ont., on July 19, 2018. The partially built project was previously cancelled by the Ford government. File photo by Cole Burston
The Ford government is seeking to deprioritize renewable energy, repealing measures that made it easier to build new green power projects.
The proposed changes were embedded in Bill 276, which the government introduced earlier this month, saying it would “help businesses rebound” from the economic fallout of COVID-19. In a posting to Ontario’s environmental registry, the province said it’s “no longer appropriate” to prioritize clean energy because “Ontario has built a clean energy supply.”
by news staff, Lucas casaletto
Posted Apr 20, 2021 6:09 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 21, 2021 at 4:12 pm EDT
A person representing factory and food processing plant workers is covered by a sheet as a group advocating for provincially mandated paid sick days for workers participates in a die-in rally outside Queens Park in Toronto, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Ontario says it will present a paid sick-leave program for essential workers in a matter of days, following repeated calls for it to act on the issue.
Public health experts, labour groups, and local officials have been calling for sick-leave support for much of the pandemic, arguing it would reduce COVID-19 spread in workplaces.
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