January 12, 2021 – CTV News

As Canada battles rising COVID-19 cases, advocates say lack of sick leave fuels transmission

By: Anna Mehler Paperny

As the number of COVID-19 outbreaks and deaths in long-term care homes rise, the pressure to work while sick worries doctors like Samir Sinha, Director of Health Policy Research at the NIA. "It's a system that is increasingly not there for workers and it's making residents sick," he said.