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Jagmeet Singh Says Ontario Is A ‘Disaster’ Right Now & He Wants Trudeau To Step In

"Doug Ford's inaction is costing lives," he said.👇

Managing Editor, Canada

Describing the COVID-19 situation in Ontario as a "disaster," Jagmeet Singh is calling on the Prime Minister to step-in and take action.

The NDP leader took to Twitter to say Ontario Premier "Doug Ford's inaction is costing lives" and repeated his calls for paid sick leave in the province.

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For the second time in a week, Singh asked Trudeau to declare a federal emergency in Canada, which would allow the feds to issue orders and reallocate funding quickly following a Parliamentary review.

Singh also shared a clip of him addressing Trudeau in the House of Commons. "The third wave of COVID-19 is hitting Ontario hard. It is a disaster," he told the PM.

He asked Trudeau to use the Emergencies Act to "make sure people who need the vaccine actually get it and make sure we've got a paid sick leave that actually works."

"The stakes could not be higher," the NDP leader concluded in a follow-up tweet.

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