A new analysis conducted by CBC News of cases in Montreal, for instance, found strong correlations linking higher rates of COVID-19 infections with low-income neighbourhoods and neighbourhoods with higher percentages of Black residents. Earlier data from Toronto Public Health — looking at cases reported through April 27 — showed COVID-19 was disproportionately affecting low-income residents and recent immigrants. The pandemic's employment effects have been most deeply felt in sectors like hospitality, which tend to employ more young people. "The labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been harsher on those workers who hold the least bargaining power," the authors wrote. As COVID-19 spread across the country, it exposed weaknesses and vulnerabilities, like water seeping through every crack in the system.

Source: CBC News June 13, 2020 08:00 UTC