COVID Update #63
Premier Ford is a danger to Ontario, and we must organize for better.
The good news is we have fought back, and it has made a difference. In fact, we’ve seen three victories in the las...
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MPP Joel Harden, disability rights advocates call on government to remove disability discrimination from triage protocol
QUEENS PARK —MPP Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre) called on the government to withdraw disability discrimination from Ontario’s clinical triage protocol and immediately hold a public consultation on how...
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COVID Update #62: Government should stop pointing fingers, and start pointing thumbs
I’m predisposed to skepticism with everything the Ford Government does, but even loyal Tories must be shaking their heads this week.
Everything going wrong is apparently someone else’s fault. I’ve...
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Government's triage protocol needs public consultation and must respect disability rights
QUEEN’S PARK – MPP Andrea Horwath and MPP Joel Harden said that as ICUs struggle to provide care for a rising number of people in critical condition, the provincial government must hold open consu...
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Government's triage protocol needs public consultation and must respect disability rights
QUEEN’S PARK – Offocial Opposition Leader Andrea Horwath and MPP Joel Harden said that as ICUs struggle to provide care for a rising number of people in critical condition, the provincial governme...
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COVID Update #61: Why does an ICU doctor do media interviews?
Like many of you, I was shaken by CBC’s interview with Dr. Michael Warner last weekend, head of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Michael Garron Hospital.
“Four floors below me”, he sai...
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COVID Update #60: We must look after each other as we go back to “lockdown”
Starting on Saturday at 12:01am, Ottawa and the rest of Ontario will go into a 4 week long “shutdown” as we reel from the impact of COVID-19, notably the UK variant. Officials are detec...
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MPP Harden calls on Ford to stop short-changing Ottawa on vaccines
OTTAWA – MPP Joel Harden (Ottawa Centre) called on Doug Ford to ensure that Ottawa receives its fair share of COVID-19 vaccines, after a shortage of supply left all vaccine appointments...
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COVID Update #59: Justice for workers at the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel
With no letter, phone call, or email, workers at the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel were terminated this week. Their union, UNITE HERE Local 261, wanted recall rights so they could return to wor...
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Budget 2021: What's included and what's not included
The government tabled its 2021 budget on Wednesday. Instead of making the major investments that are required to keep communities safe and support people who are struggling, the budget makes $4.8 b...
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