During a campaign appearance at Hamilton's Sam Lawrence Park, which sits on the mountain brow, Singh highlighted two main issues — paid sick leave and child care. On the issue of paid sick leave, he said the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a lot of the gaps in the current system. According to Singh, 22 times in parliament he has stood up and said Canada needs paid sick leave, and each time Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said no. 10 federally regulated paid sick daysThe NDP leader is promising to introduce 10 days of paid sick leave for workers, if elected. "And the only way we're going to make that happen is if we have paid sick days in every jurisdiction in Canada."

Source: CBC News September 06, 2021 14:48 UTC