Thread by @RitikaGoelTO

***Doug Ford's announcement is NOT paid sick days!*** Paid sick days come through legislation requiring employers to provide days where a worker can be off sick, and get paid. Ford is "working on" sick pay, which is something you would have to apply for and wait for. #onpoli

Ford is using confusing language to make it sound like he is bringing paid sick days, but this is NOT the actual legislation we need. Please continue to call Doug Ford's office and Conservative MPPs to tell them we need **10 permanent employer-provided paid sick days**. #onpoli

Do not forget - we HAD legislated paid sick days - advocates and communities fought very hard to get legislation passed under @Kathleen_Wynne - and Ford *immediately* repealed them in 2018. He is putting politics before people's lives. #onpoli #covid19

Ford has said in the past that he believes paid sick days are a "waste of taxpayer's money" - he has a clear disdain for working class people. The great irony while he himself gets to isolate at home post-exposure while getting paid. #onpoli #covid19

For people living paycheque to paycheque, the calculation of staying home with a minor symptom with the hope that somewhere you can apply for some pay that may some day come to you is NOT the same as knowing you have paid sick days. This is a smoke screen. #onpoli #covid19

Ford is trying to divert attention to the Feds by talking about vaccine supply and suggesting Feds have not done enough for sick pay. ONLY THE PROVINCE CAN LEGISLATE EMPLOYER-PAID SICK DAYS. #onpoli #covid19 #HealthWorkersFightBack

Ford says we have the 'best doctors' in Ontario but we all just have different opinions. Disagree. The evidence is clear.
1. Paid sick days
2. Public health not policing
3. Vaccinating essential workers and marginalized communities.
#HealthWorkersFightBack and call Doug Ford!

But it's not too late!! We have not yet heard an actual plan or a date. We cannot be complacent. If we put pressure on Ford now, and get him to pass Bill 247, CURRENTLY in the legislature for paid sick days by the liberals, we can get the solutions we need. #onpoli #covid19