The Senate has passed a bill annually honouring pandemic workers, ranging from from nurses to truck drivers..“This will be a time to pause for individual and collective reflection,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie (Que.)..“Each annual commemoration of March 11 will serve as a reminder of what happened, both the drama and the expressions of solidarity and empathy within communities,” said Mégie. “Make this happen.”.According to Blacklock's Reporter, Bill S-209 An Act Respecting Pandemic Observance Day would commemorate in perpetuity the March 11 anniversary of the World Health Organization’s 2020 declaration of a global pandemic..The bill asks that Canadians “honour those who have died of COVID-19, recognize those working on the front lines and acknowledge COVID-19’s serious effects on the health of Canada’s population.”.No federal research to date has tracked pandemic death rates by trade or occupation. But the periodical Annals Of Epidemiology in a 2021 peer-reviewed essay found rates among industrial workers like food processors, factory hands and warehouse employees were double or triple the average..“The population who continued to serve the essential needs of society throughout COVID-19 shouldered a disproportionate burden of transmission and death,” said the research..“Millions of Canadians are unsung heroes who have helped us get here,” said Sen. Rose-May Poirier (N.B.), who praised transport workers. “I have heard stories of truckers in my province of New Brunswick who were out on the road for hours and days driving to deliver important goods,” said Poirier..“Truck driving already can be a bit of lonesome work when you are by yourself for hours on the road,” said Poirier. “It became even more lonely during the height of the pandemic.”.Bill S-209 passed Third Reading in the Senate without objections. It now proceeds to the House of Commons..“Who should be remembered? So many people,” said Mégie. “First of all our seniors who died of COVID in residences. They had a truly painful end to their lives in loneliness and indignity.”.“Let’s remember another group we don’t hear much about, the children orphaned by COVID” said Mégie, adding: “As many as 2,000 children have been orphaned in Canada. We will have to remember them.”.“During the Second World War, which lasted six years, more than 45,000 Canadians died,” said Mégie. “Today after only two years of the pandemic Covid has claimed nearly 40,000 lives equivalent to the population of Nunavut, and we have more than 250,000 active cases in the country.”
The Senate has passed a bill annually honouring pandemic workers, ranging from from nurses to truck drivers..“This will be a time to pause for individual and collective reflection,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Dr. Marie-Françoise Mégie (Que.)..“Each annual commemoration of March 11 will serve as a reminder of what happened, both the drama and the expressions of solidarity and empathy within communities,” said Mégie. “Make this happen.”.According to Blacklock's Reporter, Bill S-209 An Act Respecting Pandemic Observance Day would commemorate in perpetuity the March 11 anniversary of the World Health Organization’s 2020 declaration of a global pandemic..The bill asks that Canadians “honour those who have died of COVID-19, recognize those working on the front lines and acknowledge COVID-19’s serious effects on the health of Canada’s population.”.No federal research to date has tracked pandemic death rates by trade or occupation. But the periodical Annals Of Epidemiology in a 2021 peer-reviewed essay found rates among industrial workers like food processors, factory hands and warehouse employees were double or triple the average..“The population who continued to serve the essential needs of society throughout COVID-19 shouldered a disproportionate burden of transmission and death,” said the research..“Millions of Canadians are unsung heroes who have helped us get here,” said Sen. Rose-May Poirier (N.B.), who praised transport workers. “I have heard stories of truckers in my province of New Brunswick who were out on the road for hours and days driving to deliver important goods,” said Poirier..“Truck driving already can be a bit of lonesome work when you are by yourself for hours on the road,” said Poirier. “It became even more lonely during the height of the pandemic.”.Bill S-209 passed Third Reading in the Senate without objections. It now proceeds to the House of Commons..“Who should be remembered? So many people,” said Mégie. “First of all our seniors who died of COVID in residences. They had a truly painful end to their lives in loneliness and indignity.”.“Let’s remember another group we don’t hear much about, the children orphaned by COVID” said Mégie, adding: “As many as 2,000 children have been orphaned in Canada. We will have to remember them.”.“During the Second World War, which lasted six years, more than 45,000 Canadians died,” said Mégie. “Today after only two years of the pandemic Covid has claimed nearly 40,000 lives equivalent to the population of Nunavut, and we have more than 250,000 active cases in the country.”
