Prime Minister Trudeau said Thursday that Canada's essential workers were 'tremendously economically vulnerable.'
While Canada plans on raising the pay of its health care workers who are on the front line of the coronavirus battle, similar plans in the U.S. have yet to be enacted.
Trudeau said Thursday that he recognized the need to take care of Canada's essential workers,"people who are tremendously economically vulnerable, and vulnerable in other ways in our society, who extremely important to the functioning of our society." Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday a $4 billion dollar plan to raise the salaries of Canada's essential workers.In April, Democratic Congressman Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania introduced the Coronavirus Frontline Workers Fair Pay Act, designed to imbue essential workers with hazard pay. While health care workers would receive an extra $18.50 per hour under the proposal, other essential workers would get a raise of $13 per hour.
Besides Congressman Cartwright, Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney has indicated that he will begin drafting a proposal that would temporarily give essential workers a temporary pay boost during the months of May, June and July. No other Republican in the Senate has proposed a plan for hazard pay.
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