April 21st, 2021

NDP MPPs call for Brampton’s fair share of vaccines as COVID-19 positivity skyrockets

BRAMPTON — With the percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive in Brampton exploding again, Brampton’s NDP MPPs Gurratan Singh (Brampton East), Sara Singh (Brampton Centre) and Kevin Yarde (Brampton North) are calling on the Ford government to rush more vaccines to their community. They issued the following statement:

“Essential workers are lying in Brampton’s overflowing hospitals, struggling to breathe — if they’re not having to be airlifted to other cities, far away from their families. Our community has been on fire with COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, yet the government continues to neglect Brampton by failing to give us the urgent resources we need as a hot spot. We are calling on the province to rush more vaccines to Brampton, give workers paid sick days and paid time off to get vaccinated, and shut down non-essential workplaces temporarily, while giving direct financial compensation to workers and local businesses that are impacted. This dangerous explosion of COVID-19 is not Brampton’s fault, and Brampton families and businesses should not have to pay the price.”