Federal Leaders Join Rally at Seniors’ Home as Ontario Hits New High for COVID Cases
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks with protesters outside the St. George long-term care home in Toronto during a rally to demand that operator Sienna Senior Living invest more into resident care and staff safety amid the pandemic, on Jan. 10, 2020. Reuters/Chris Helgren
TORONTO—Two of Canada’s four federal party leaders joined a rally at a Toronto long-term care home on Jan. 10 to press the provincial government to do more to protect seniors from the ravages of COVID-19.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Green Party’s Annamie Paul spoke outside St. George’s Care Community, which is in the midst of one of the largest virus outbreaks in Ontario.
