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Episode 57 - Domestic: 3-Day Paid Sick Leave, Anti-Blackness in Ottawa & Edmonton

Patience Adamu & Kurtis Vermont Season 2 Episode 57

On this week’s episode, we discuss some of the top headlines from the week of April 25th, including: We finally have paid sick leave, inadequate as it may be; the ongoing debate on the Ontario border; hate crimes in Edmonton, Alberta; anti-Blackness at a TD Bank location in Ottawa; India is drowning under COVID-19’s 3rd wave; another $1.8T comes from Moneybagg Joe to serve American Families; and plenty more.

Politics

  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-paid-sick-leave-ottawa-1.6003527?fbclid=IwAR2sD9-ryAWTb3uxz-tvi_HAeGiii4TnZBsQO0-VVA4DUMAhs43P7c-KJxo
  • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ontario-offers-to-double-federal-sick-leave-for-workers-amid-third/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Politics%20Briefing&utm_content=2021-4-27_13&utm_term=Politics%20Briefing:%20Trudeau%20taps%20Freeland%20to%20work%20with%20Ontario%20on%20sick-leave%20benefits&utm_campaign=newsletter&cu_id=%2FFtqxYQCLzUMcyNzjPtFxstVCVjHi2Lu
  • https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-officially-approves-paid-sick-day-program-opposition-calls-it-pitifully-inadequate-1.5407599

Economy

  • https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/economy/article-resilient-canadian-economy-facing-another-test-as-third-wave-of-covid/

Blackity Black Black

  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/td-bank-racism-1.5999029
  • https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/family-call-for-full-police-investigation-after-14-year-old-boy-assaulted-on-school-grounds-1.5401297 
  • https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7emea/family-wants-arrests-after-black-teen-jumped-and-beaten-in-racist-attack 
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