Ontario hints at action on paid sick leave amid barrage of criticism
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government said Tuesday it was considering a paid sick-leave program for essential workers amid warnings from its own science advisers that hospitals were "buckling" under the weight of COVID-19. Public health experts and labour groups have been saying for months that COVID-19 is spreading in workplaces, with essential workers bearing the brunt of the third wave of the pandemic. In a scathing statement, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table said Tuesday the province is now facing "the most challenging health crisis of our time." "Our hospitals are bucklin...