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Federal Leaders Join Rally at Seniors’ Home as Ontario Hits New High for COVID Cases
January 11, 2021
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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…
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