There’s ‘potential’ for progress on gig worker supports after an involved election season, experts, politicians say

In many ways, the precarity that most people saw with their jobs during COVID-19 is something that gig workers struggle with near constantly, says the NDP's Daniel Blaikie.

NDP MP-elect Daniel Blaikie, left, Ontario Senator Frances Lankin, and Ontario Senator Ratna Omidvar all agreed that government action is needed to help gig workers in Canada, but varied on how best to approach doing that. Photograph courtesy of Twitter, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ALICE CHEN

October 20, 2021

Gig workers are on the rise in Canada, and with a new minority Parliament in place, politicians and workers' advocates see an opportunity for the Liberal government to collaborate with the NDP to push forward progress on supporting this sector. At its foundation, gig work is a descriptor that cover...

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