novel coronavirus swept across Canada and pounded the country’s two most populous provinces, according to government statistics obtained by Global News.There were more than 5,700 complaints related to COVID-19 in both provinces, with more than three-quarters filed in Ontario.The provinces did not disclose details of the total number of COVID-related investigations, but confirmed there were 23 work refusals that met the provincial criteria.Twenty-two of those work refusal cases were in Quebec, while just one was accepted in Ontario.In Ontario, labour inspectors completed 8,600 field inspections.
Of those, 4,000 were conducted in-person and more than 4,600 were conducted remotely.With a possible second wave of COVID-19 on the horizon, experts.