Wed Jan 12, 2022 – 12:42 pm ESTWed Jan 12, 2022 – 12:43 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canada has new legislation tying workers’ COVID compensation to a loss of movement and bodily autonomy.
In late 2021 the federal government passed a bill including a new Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit. It will be paid out in a region the federal Minister of Employment and Social Development declares a “lockdown region”: a geographical area in Canada no one would be allowed to leave. Violators would face a sanction or monetary penalty.
The government says the purpose of the new law, entitled “An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19,” is to provide aid to businesses and people who have been targeted by a closure order.
“The Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, may, for the purposes of this Act, designate by order, for the period set out in the order, any region in Canada as a lockdown region,” reads Part 1, Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit, of Bill C-2.
The Bill defines a “lockdown order” as “an order, regulation or other instrument made by a competent authority” to allow the Minister, “for reasons related
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