#The Big Idea: Give all Canadian workers paid sick leave
Canadians are working while ill to avoid losing income. Instituting country-wide sick-leave policies is a healthier option. (Photo illustration by Maclean’s, background photo via iStock) For the past 16 years, I’ve worked as a family doctor in community clinics throughout the country—in Yellowknife, La Ronge, Saskatchewan, Toronto, and in Sydney, Nova Scotia, where I’m based…