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After a year of pressure from public health experts, workers, and everyday Ontarians,
the Ford government finally announced a paid sick days program yesterday.1
But there’s a huge, gaping hole in their plan. It’s a complicated, temporary program that only provides 3 paid sick days for a virus that requires 10 days of isolation. Even worse,
Ford’s program means low-wage workers will be worse off than they were before.2
Ford’s plan hasn’t passed through the legislature yet — and after plummeting in the polls recently, you can bet he’s waiting to see how it lands with the public.
3 A massive public outcry could force Ford back to the drawing board for a paid sick days program that is universal, fully paid, adequate, permanent, and accessible.
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