The NDP plan includes commitments to improve worker benefits — such as sick leave — and investments in infrastructure to build more affordable housing and retrofit buildings. "We need to invest in those areas where people lost jobs and to create more jobs," Singh told a press conference in Windsor, Ont. The NDP plan includes an increase in the minimum wage and a sick leave program that would provide workers with 10 paid sick days. "How can we as a federal government raise the importance of paid sick leave if there's not paid sick leave at the federal level?" While the NDP plan focuses on worker supports, Singh said the bulk of the job creation activity would come from his promised investments in infrastructure.

Source: CBC News July 14, 2021 17:20 UTC