#BREAKING: Ontario announces paid sick leave program:
• doubling federal program $1000/week for 4 weeks
• provincial plan then covers up to $200/day for up to 3 days
• retroactive Apr 19, ends Sep 25
• can use if you have symptoms, getting vaccinated #onpoli#covidontario
Great Q by @l_stone: How can you stand there and pat yourselves on the back for this? Highlighting how long it took to launch paid sick leave
McNaughton: were waiting and had hoped it would be included in federal budget, but acted when it wasn’t. #onpoli#covidontario
Minister Bethlenfalvy admits Feds have not yet agreed with Ontario to allow province to double that program.
Yet, the Ontario government just went ahead and announced it today as of it were approved. #onpoli#covidontario
Here’s the full press release on Ontario’s paid sick leave program, touted as the best program “anywhere in North America, bar none.” #onpoli#covidontario
1/7 This Twitter.com website can occasionally be used to create some wondrous things.
Tonight, it fostered an idea that resulted in the creation of a tool — that can allow people to find the closest vaccine clinic to them by sending out a simple text. #covidontario
2/7 Earlier, I RT'd @JProskowGlobal, who highlighted a vaccine-clinic search tool only available in the US.
The concept is simple: you text your postal code to a number and it replies with vaccine clinics nearby.
MORE: Starting next week (May 3rd), Ontario will be allocating 50% of its vaccines to dedicated hot spots. The other 50% will go to rest of population.
Bylaw officers arrive at Adamson BBQ after the restaurant defied lockdown orders this morning and opened its doors to indoor dining. #covid19ontario
Adamson BBQ owner Adam Skelly seems to be enjoying this. He was head nodding to Rage Against the Machine and grinning ear to ear as bylaw officers walked in (he’s in blue and black plaid). Then told media to get off his property. #covid19ontario
Police are here in large numbers.
This is no longer just a story about a small business owner defying lockdown rules.
It’s become a flashpoint between anti-lockdown protestors and those who are for the rules. #covid19ontario
Small group of people outside Adamson BBQ in Etobicoke this morning after the owner, Adam Skelly, said he would defy lockdown orders and open his restaurant to indoor dining at 11 am today. #covid19ontario
Owner Adam Skelly comes out to berate media for being here, but chooses not to comment on defying lockdown orders and opening his restaurant for indoor dining. #covid19on#covid19ontario
Here’s the lineup at 11:15 am outside Adamson BBQ, 15 minutes after it opened its doors to indoor dining and defied lockdown order. #covid19on#covid19ontario
The BC Centre for Disease Control is recommending using “glory holes” to practice safe sex during the pandemic — and I just want to know if this is a common thing people have in their homes.
ok, time to go to bed.
“Masturbation: everyone wins”
- BC Centre for Disease Control