Dr Amanpreet Brar

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Recent work

• Opinion | Ontario’s $15/hour minimum wage won’t solve the systemic issues vulnerable workers face. As we know, labour is healthOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 25, 2021
• Opinion | Canada, stop hoarding. It’s time to share vaccines as COVID-19 continues to devastate the worldOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 20, 2021
• Opinion | Beyond proclamations of Sikh Heritage Month, we have to advocate for this vulnerable population hurt by COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Apr 29, 2021
• Opinion | Peel is facing a COVID-19 crisis. Ontario needs to prioritize health over economy now to save livesOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 24, 2021
• Opinion | Besides COVID-19 vaccines, we need to fix long-standing poor work conditions in Ontario. Here are some solutionsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 19, 2021
• Opinion | Crossing vaccinated borders everyday, but still unvaccinated. Truck drivers are living in fear and being forgotten by CanadaOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 4, 2021
• Opinion | No paid sick days, unvaccinated workers and a rise in COVID-19 variants: Perfect conditions for a deadly stormOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 30, 2021
• Opinion | No paid sick days, unvaccinated workers and a rise in COVID-19 variants: Perfect conditions for a deadly stormOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 29, 2021
• Opinion | Where do Ontario’s essential precarious workers — in transportation, food, manufacturing industries — stand in the vaccine rollout? We must prioritize themOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 14, 2021
• Opinion | 1 in 4 COVID-19 cases found through contact tracing in Peel were those went to work sick. Data reveals how Ontario’s lack of paid sick legislation fails vulnerable workersOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 2, 2021
• Opinion | Ontario continues to refuse legislation for paid sick days, says CRSB is enough. But that option is inaccessible for many. Here’s the differenceOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 26, 2021
• Opinion | Racialized women have been the backbone of society through COVID-19. Our pandemic response must make them a priorityOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 21, 2021
• Opinion | As a temp worker, I faced uncertainty, pressure, making minimum wage. Now, as a doctor, I see how Ontario’s refusal of paid sick days is killing vulnerable workers in a pandemicOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 18, 2021
• Opinion | As Canadians we’re proud of diversity, so why is multicultural media being left in the dark about COVID-19Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 13, 2021
• Opinion | How does privilege work? In Ontario, politicians risked infamy for beaches while essential workers risked their lives to put food on the tableOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 11, 2021
• Opinion | I went on Punjabi radio to share COVID information with my community. I learned that multicultural media has been kept in the darkOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 5, 2021
• Opinion | I went on Punjabi radio to share COVID information with my community. I learned that multicultural media has been kept in the darkOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 3, 2021
• Opinion | ‘I am scared to take a day off whether sick or not.’ The voiceless warehouse workers in Peel and how COVID-19 has silenced them even moreOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 29, 2020
• Opinion | Temp workers, the unsung pandemic heroes who make and deliver our goods, should not be losing sleep — or their lives — over $14 an hourOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 27, 2020
• Opinion | While we ‘shop local,’ don’t forget about Ontario’s delivery drivers. Their stories of working way below minimum wage, COVID scares, and no washroom breaksOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 20, 2020