Message from Jagmeet

In the last few months, our world has changed dramatically.

Many people are wondering when things will return to normal. All of us are looking forward to getting back to a time where we can visit our family and friends, go back to work, and do things like going out to a restaurant or the grocery store without worrying about the risk. But what this crisis has taught us is that we need to do better than “normal.”

Before this pandemic, it was normal for workers to be forced to go into work sick because they didn’t have paid sick leave.

It was normal for families to struggle to get by to pay the bills – living paycheque to paycheque – in fear of what might happen if they were to lose their job.  

It was normal for essential workers – people who help feed our families or care for the most vulnerable – to not get paid enough to live.

It was normal to have the public health care system starved of funding – leaving us unprepared to face this crisis and unable to care for our seniors safely and with dignity.

We can’t ever go back to “normal.”

This crisis has exposed the inequalities that have been allowed to grow deeper in Canada.

Now, we have the opportunity to rebuild our health care system, where we finally create a system that covers us from head to toe, for our whole lives.

Now, we have the opportunity to build the infrastructure we need to fight climate change. 

Now, we have the opportunity to make sure every public dollar goes to helping our workers and their families, not wealthy CEOs.

Now, we have the opportunity to build a Canada where we take better care of one another.

Not just when we are sick – but always.