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Ambulances sit outside the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus on Sept. 9, 2026. Across Canada, concerns about the rise of a serious health and safety issue have been growing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes Michelle McLean. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHELLE MCLEAN

September 21, 2026

More than six years ago, people across Canada and in many countries around the world stepped outside onto their front steps, porches, and balconies to cheer and bang pots and pans for the health-care workers on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, many of those wo...

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