COVID-19 pandemic, it’s now a detriment to health-care workers. Ontario introduces bill to extend some pandemic emergency measures over the next year He says that nurses and other care workers can have their shifts changed, be moved from site to site, or have vacation requests denied under the act.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]The union also says that the Ontario government announced its plans to extend the act without consulting them.The Progressive Conservative government introduced a bill earlier this week that would allow the province to keep some emergency measures in place in the months ahead..