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TORONTO More than a year into the pandemic, Premier Doug Ford is considering an Ontario-based paid sick leave program as his government faces widespread condemnation of its handling of the third wave of COVID-19. Deputy Premier Christine Elliott confirmed that the government is considering alternatives to the Canada Sickness Recovery Benefit to fill gaps in the program first launched in the fall of 2020. The government insists it was hoping the program which retroactively pays employees if they miss 50 per cent of their work week would be tweaked in Monday s federal budget before deciding whether to take provincial action.