Ontario locks down on Boxing Day, but essential workers still work. Without protections like paid sick leave, it just won’t work

When the province-wide lockdown starts on Boxing Day, Ontario’s essential workers will still be going to work. But what is abundantly clear is that what we have done in the past to protect essential workers has not been working, write Sabina Vohra, Dr. Naheed Dosani, Dr. Seema Marwaha and Semir Bulle in an op-ed. An IWH joint study on mental health and the adequacy of COVID-19 protection measures is cited.