COVID has disproportionately harmed Black & racialized communities. It's primarily Black & racialized women working the front lines of long-term care who are overworked, underpaid, and understaffed in homes that have been in active outbreaks all year. https://twitter.com/TorontoStar/status/1349147462582366208
We also know that Black & racialized communities disproportionately experience over-policing, violence in police interactions, and harassment.
So what could *possibly* wrong when we have a Premier telling police to crack down on lockdown enforcement, without guidelines?
So what could *possibly* wrong when we have a Premier telling police to crack down on lockdown enforcement, without guidelines?
Ford abandoned these workers without paid sick days. He is doing nothing to help keep a roof over their heads (don't forget the Ottawa PSW working in LTC & living in a shelter)
His only solution to this pandemic seems to be broad enforcement with no guidelines or accountability?
His only solution to this pandemic seems to be broad enforcement with no guidelines or accountability?
We need:
Paid sick days
Eviction ban
Rent subsidies
A real plan for the crisis in long-term care



