TORONTO – Ontario’s schooling minister says 50,000 individuals might lose their jobs if the province mandated COVID-19 vaccines for schooling staff.
Responding to the NDP in query interval in the present day, Stephen Lecce stated such a coverage would imply pink slips for tens of hundreds of educators when Ontario already faces staffing challenges.
He says any unvaccinated workers member has to offer proof of a unfavourable check to enter a faculty.
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The federal government says the 50,000 determine consists of schooling staff who’re unvaccinated or gained’t disclose their standing.
Earlier this month Lecce stated about 80 per cent of college workers have attested to being totally vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19.
Some college boards, such because the Toronto District College Board and a few hospitals, have enacted more durable insurance policies that embody potential termination.
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