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The fight over paid sick leave

CBC News | Posted: April 29, 2021 8:54 AM | Last Updated: April 29, 2021

Image | COVID-Ont 20210428

Caption: Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton removes his mask as he takes to the podium during a news conference in Toronto on Wednesday April 28, 2021. The Ontario government announced it will give all workers who need to self-isolate three days of paid sick leave, and reimburse employers up to $200 a day for what they pay out through the program. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

For months, health-care experts and workers' advocates have been raising alarm bells, saying the dire need for paid sick days has been growing ever since the very beginning of the pandemic.
This week, it all came to a head when Ontario asked Ottawa to piggyback on a federal program and introduced a bill for temporary access to three paid sick days for workers in the province. B.C. also announced it would bring in its own program.
CBC senior writer Aaron Wherry has been following this story. Today, he reports on the latest, explains why some provinces still haven't budged at all, and shares his thoughts about what the fight over mandated sick pay says about Canada's pandemic response.
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