COVID-19 pandemic.Health Minister Christine Elliott announced the $141 million needed to extend the increase of $2 or $3 per hour depending on the sector on Friday.The increase has been in place since October 2020 for the over 158,000 personal support workers in the province and has been extended a couple of times already.
Ontario personal support workers get pay raise in bid to boost pandemic recruitment efforts “Our government is committed to supporting personal support workers and direct support workers as they care for Ontarians during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Elliott in a release.