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List of Essential Workplaces

For the purposes of this order, businesses include any-for-profit, non-profit or other entity providing the goods and services described herein. This does not pr...

List of Essential Workplaces

For the purposes of this order, businesses include any-for-profit, non-profit or other entity providing the goods and services described herein.

This does not preclude the provision of work and services by entities not on this list either online, by telephone or by mail/delivery.

Note that teleworking and online commerce are permitted at all times for all businesses.


Supply chains

1. Businesses that supply other essential businesses or essential services with the support, supplies, systems or services, including processing, packaging, distribution, delivery and maintenance necessary to operate;


Retail and Wholesaling

2. Businesses engaged in the retail and wholesale sale of food, pet food and supplies, and household consumer products necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation and essential operations of residences and businesses, including grocery stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, markets and other similar retailers;

3. Businesses that provide essential items for the health and welfare of animals, including feed, animal food, pet food and animal supplies including bedding;

4. Beer, wine and liquor stores and alcohol producers, and stores that sell beer and wine through arrangements with authorized providers; cannabis stores and cannabis producers;

5. Gas stations, diesel, propane and heating fuel providers including providers of motor vehicle, aircraft and water/marine craft fuels;

6. Motor vehicle, auto-supply, auto and motor-vehicle-repair, including bicycle repair, aircraft repair, heavy equipment repair, watercraft/marine craft repairs, car and truck dealerships and related facilities;

7. Hardware stores and stores that provide hardware products necessary to the essential operations of residences and businesses;

8. Business providing pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical services, including pharmacies and dispensaries;

9. Businesses that supply office products and services, including providing computer products and related repair and maintenance services, for individuals working from home and for essential businesses;

10. Safety supply stores (for e.g. work clothes, Personal Protective Equipment);


Food Services and Accommodations

11. Restaurants and other food facilitiesthat prepare and serve food, but only for delivery or takeaway, together with food delivery services;

12. Hotels, motels, shared rental units and similar facilities, including student residences;


Institutional, Residential, Commercial and Industrial Maintenance

13. Businesses that provide support and maintenance services, including urgent repair, to maintain the safety, security, sanitation and essential operation of institutional, commercial industrial and residential properties and buildings, including, property management services,plumbers, electricians, custodial/janitorial workers, cleaning services, , security services, fire safety and sprinkler systems, building systems maintenance and repair technicians and engineers, mechanics, (e.g. HVAC, escalator and elevator technicians), and other service providers who provide similar services


Telecommunications and IT Infrastructure/Service Providers

14. Businesses engaged in providing or supporting Information Technology (IT) including online services, software products and related services, as well as the technical facilities such as data centres and other network facilities necessary for their operation and delivery;

15. Businesses providing telecommunications services (phone, internet, radio, cell phones etc) as well as support facilities such as call centres necessary for their operation and delivery;


Transportation

16. Taxis and other private transportation providers providing transportation services necessary for activities of daily living;

17. Businesses and facilities that provide transportation services to businesses and individuals including by air, water, road, and rail including providing logistical support, distribution services, warehousing and storage, including truck stops and tow operators;

18. Businesses that provide materials and services for the operation, maintenance and safety of transportation systems (road, transit, rail, air and marine) including delivery of maintenance services such as clearing snow, response to collisions, and completing needed repairs to the transportation systems.


Manufacturing and Production

19. Businesses that extract, manufacture, process and distribute goods, products, equipment and materials, including businesses that manufacture inputs to other manufacturers (e.g. primary metal/ steel, blow molding, component manufacturers, chemicals, etc. that feed the end-product manufacturer);

20. Businesses, facilities and services that support and facilitate the two- way movement of essential goods within integrated North American and Global supply chains.


Agriculture and food production

21. Businesses that farm, harvest, process, manufacture, produce or distribute food, including beverages, crops, animal products and by-products, aquaculture, hunting and fishing;

22. Businesses that support the food supply chain including assembly yards, livestock auctions, food distribution hubs, feed mills, farm equipment suppliers, feed suppliers, food terminals and warehouses, animal slaughter plants and grain elevators;

23. Business that support the safety of food including animal and plant health and animal welfare;

24. Businesses that provide veterinary services, and that supply veterinary and animal control medications and related supplies and testing kits;

25. Businesses that help to ensure safe and effective waste management including deadstock, rendering, nutrient management, bio hazardous materials, green waste, packaging recycling;


Construction

26. Construction projects and services associated with the healthcare sector, including new facilities, expansions, renovations and conversion of spaces that could be repurposed for health care space;

27. Construction projects and services required to ensure safe and reliable operations of critical provincial infrastructure, including transit, transportation, energy and justice sectors beyond the day-to-day maintenance;

28. Construction work and services, including demolition services, in the industrial, commercial, institutional and residential sectors;

29. Construction work and services that supports health and safety environmental rehabilitation projects


Financial activities

30. Capital markets (e.g., the TSX);

31. Banking & Activities related to Credit Intermediation; credit unions;

32. Insurance;

33. Businesses that provide pension services and employee benefits services;

34. Businesses that provide financial services including payment processing, the payroll division of any employer (as defined by the Employment Standards Act/Occupational Health and Safety Act), any entity whose operation is the administration of payroll, banks and credit unions;


Resources

35. Businesses that ensure global continuity of supply of mining materials and products (e.g. metals such as copper, nickel and gold) and that support supply chains in Northern Ontario including;
a. Mining operations, production and processing;
b. Mineral exploration and development;
c. Mining Supply and Services that ssupport supply chains in the mining industry including maintenance of operations, health and safety.

36. Businesses that provide chemicals and gases to support the natural resource sector analytical labs and drinking water and wastewater sectors and other essential businesses;

37. Businesses that ensure global continuity of supply of forestry products (e.g. lumber, pulp, paper, wood fuel, etc.);

38. Businesses that ensure global continuity of supply of aggregates to support critical infrastructure repairs and emergency response requirements (e.g. sandbags, armour stone barriers, etc.);

39. Businesses that ensure global continuity of supply of petroleum and petroleum by-products;


Environmental Services

40. Businesses that support environmental management/monitoring and spill clean-up and response, including environmental consulting firms, professional engineers and geoscientists, septics haulers, well drillers, pesticides applicators and exterminators, management of industrial sewage/effluent (eg for mining operations), and environmental laboratories;


Utilities and Community Services

41. Utilities, and Businesses that support the provision of utilities and community services, including by providing products, materials and services needed for the delivery of utilities and community services:
a. Waste Collection, Waste/ Sewage Treatment and Disposal, operation of landfills, and Hazardous Waste Disposal;
b. Potable drinking water;
c. Electricity Generation, transmission, distribution and storage;
d. Natural Gas distribution, transmission and storage,
e. Road construction and maintenance;
f. police, fire, emergency services including coroner services and pathology services ;
g. corrections and courts services;
h. other government services including licenses and permits;

42. Businesses engaged in or supporting the operation, maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure (railways, dams, bridges, highways, erosion control structures, etc.);


Communications Industries


43. Newspaper publishers;

44. Radio & Television Broadcasting;

45. Telecommunications providers;


Research


46. Businesses and organizations that maintain research facilities and engage in research, including medical research and other research and development activities;

47. Businesses that provide products and services that support research activities;


Health Care and Seniors Care and Social Services

48. Organizations and providers that deliver home care services;

49. Retirement homes;

50. Long-term Care Facilities;

51. Independent health facilities;

52. Laboratories and specimen collection centres;

53. Manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers of pharmaceutical products and medical supplies, including medications, medical isotopes, vaccines and antivirals; medical devices and medical supplies

54. Manufacturers, logistics and distributors of products and/or services that support the delivery of health care in all locations (including but not limited to hospitals, labs, long-term care homes, other residential health care, physicians, nurse practitioners and midwives, and home care services);

55. Businesses that provide products and/or services that support the health sector or that provide health services, including mental health and addictions and counselling supports.

56. Businesses that sell, rent or repair assistive/mobility/medical devices, aids and/or supplies.

57. Businesses that provide personal support services (many seniors and persons with disabilities, who can afford to, hire individuals to assist with the activities of daily living).

58. Health care professionals providing emergency care including dentists optometrists and physio-therapists;

59. Not-for-profit organizations that provide critical personal support services in home and also provide residential services for individuals with physical disabilities (such as the Centre for Independent Living and March of Dimes);

60. Businesses and all other organizations that support the provision of food, shelter, safety or protection, and/or social services and other necessities of life to economically disadvantaged and other vulnerable individuals, including but not limited to food banks, violence against women emergency shelters, homeless shelters, community housing, supportive housing, children's aid societies, residential services for adults with developmental disabilities and for children, and custody and detention programs for young persons in conflict with the law;


Justice Sector

61. Professional and social services that support the legal and justice system;


Other Businesses

62. Rental and leasing services, including automobile, commercial and light industrial machinery and equipment rental;

63. Businesses providing mailing, shipping, courier and delivery services, including post office boxes;

64. Laundromats, dry cleaners and laundry service providers;

65. Professional services including lawyers and para-legals, engineers, accountants, translators;

66. Businesses providing funeral, mortician, cremation, transfer, and burial services, and any related goods and products (such as coffins and embalming fluid);

67. Land registration services, and real estate agent services and moving services;

68. Businesses providing security services including private security guards; monitoring or surveillance equipment and services;

69. Businesses providing staffing services, including temporary help;

70. Businesses that support the safe operations of residences and essential businesses;

71. Businesses that provide for the health and welfare of animals, including veterinarians, farms, boarding kennels, stables, animal shelters, zoos, aquariums, research facilities and other service providers;

72. Child care services for essential workers, and home child care services of less than six children;

73. Businesses providing cheque cashing services;


Business Regulators and Inspectors

74. Organizations, including Administrative Authorities, that regulate and inspect businesses.
 

Hey Please

Avenger
Oct 31, 2017
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So, hypothetically speaking, what's the best case scenario for restrictions on social distancing be loosened somewhat (a month or months)?

I am massively frustrated (and fucked atm). Massively.
 
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Also, I am adding this to the OP, but there is a new direct source for health/safety guidance during this crisis:

 

ScoobsJoestar

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May 30, 2019
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Still trying to wrap my mind around how the financial benefits work. I'm fine with my job but my friend isn't and I'm trying to figure out what they need. They were just fired today, not sure if they should apply online or wait until April to apply. This whole situation is crazy.

Plus other friends keep talking about how we are going to be locked in soon and won't be able to move (some of them are in their university town as opposed to their hometown) and it's been stressful. Because no one ever links anything to source their stuff they just drop panic in group chat and...yeah.

Stay safe everyone. Try not to stock up on more than a hundred cheap kraft dinner boxes, I know they are cheap and last forever but we will all die if we eat nothing but that :p
 

Faenix1

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Oct 27, 2017
4,114
Canada
So, uh, would something like pickseed be essential? Legit all I do is bag grass seed. Today they tried saying they are essential, but they will confirm tomorrow.
 

Raydonn

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Oct 25, 2017
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So, uh, would something like pickseed be essential? Legit all I do is bag grass seed. Today they tried saying they are essential, but they will confirm tomorrow.
You might be under #1. Supplier of essential goods.

EDIT: I just read the US stimulus package thread. Please don't be as short-sighted when whatever we get in Canada is announced. If you're still making the same amount of money you did now before the COVID crisis hit, don't expect a free handout when the money is better spent supporting those who no longer have an income and need it to pay bills and buy food until they can get employed again.
 
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chrominance

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Oct 25, 2017
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This seems like not much is changing or am I completely wrong? I guess besides specialized retail and clothing stores most other things are gonna stay open?

I think one thing that is probably different is that any company with an office that's not public-facing and is in a non-essential sector will be forced to shut down the office and move to remote work only for the time being. At my company we were highly encouraged to work from home, with more stringent restrictions on coming into the office as the days passed, but the office was technically still open. With today's announcement, we're shutting down the office entirely and expect the whole building to be closed by the property management by end of day tomorrow.
 

jdstorm

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Jan 6, 2018
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Can't roll my eyes hard enough at this. If you're that desperate for booze, pretty much all grocery stores and dépanneur have beer, sometimes even wine. And cannabis, really now? It wasn't even legal until less than 2 years ago but now it's "essential"?

At least laundromats appear to be on the list. Feel sorry for my friend in Ohio who said she can't even wash her damn clothes...

Went to the laundromat last night and now I'm in bed with a fever. (Not sure what it is but not taking chances) All for wanting clean clothes lol
 

Faenix1

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Oct 27, 2017
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You might be under #1. Supplier of essential goods.

EDIT: I just read the US stimulus package thread. Please don't be as short-sighted when whatever we get in Canada is announced. If you're still making the same amount of money you did now before the COVID crisis hit, don't expect a free handout when the money is better spent supporting those who no longer have an income and need it to pay bills and buy food until they can get employed again.

You think so? Out of 6 lines, only one is forage. The rest do grass seed that you buy from canadiantire, etc. So it's just lawn seed, it has no farmer benefit. I really hope they dont try and use #1, I honestly dont want to be out. Legit feels like I'll get it from one of my dumbass coworkers, they're always using the "I'm sick" excuse to stay home then a day or two later they're back. Wont always be just an excuse not to work.
 

Raydonn

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Oct 25, 2017
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You think so? Out of 6 lines, only one is forage. The rest do grass seed that you buy from canadiantire, etc. So it's just lawn seed, it has no farmer benefit. I really hope they dont try and use #1, I honestly dont want to be out. Legit feels like I'll get it from one of my dumbass coworkers, they're always using the "I'm sick" excuse to stay home then a day or two later they're back. Wont always be just an excuse not to work.
Honestly, with Ford under the reigns, it would be up to your employer to argue and I think they would be able to convince Ford... You can only hope at this point that they don't.
 

Porco Rosso

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Oct 25, 2017
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You really don't want anything supplying/supporting essential stores to shut down. That widens the list a lot, I think.

Yeah I definitely get it's a tough thing to navigate. Manufacturing is definitely tricky. I just have friends working at places I would definitely deem nonessential that I'm worried about that can likely find a loophole in here to stay open. Thankfully I can work from home, but not everyone has that luxury.
 

Raydonn

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Oct 25, 2017
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Just a reminder to anyone who is FORCED to work under these trying times:

If your employer doesn't provide you with the proper PPE to protect you from the virus (sanitizers, gloves, etc.) you can probably refuse unsafe work at that point, especially if it forces you to get in contact with other people who may or may not be infected (i.e. under the Ontario Health and Safety Act, other provinces and territories may vary.).
 

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If the bill is voted down because of the power grab does it force an election?

Can you fucking imagine that shitshow??
 

torontoml

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm in Alberta, my girlfriend who has mild asthma, works the front desk at a hotel is there a way she can refuse work based on being at a higher risk due to a medical condition?

She has asked to be layed off, but they are short staffed now as it is. Just wondering what kind of options she may have.
 

AbsoluteZero0K

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Dec 6, 2019
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What's this business about Trudeau being granted powers to raise or lower taxes w/o parliamentary approval into 2021? Or is this just conspiracy theory stuff?
 

Raydonn

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Oct 25, 2017
919
I'm in Alberta, my girlfriend who has mild asthma, works the front desk at a hotel is there a way she can refuse work based on being at a higher risk due to a medical condition?

She has asked to be layed off, but they are short staffed now as it is. Just wondering what kind of options she may have.
Not familiar with Alberta Health and Safety rules, but from what I read it's the same as what I posted above.

If her employer refuses to give her PPE to protect herself or move her to a different position, she can refuse to work until they do.

www.alberta.ca

Refuse dangerous work

You have the right to refuse work that might put you or others in danger
 

firehawk12

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Oct 25, 2017
24,290
What's this business about Trudeau being granted powers to raise or lower taxes w/o parliamentary approval into 2021? Or is this just conspiracy theory stuff?
They're pulling it back because it was insane.
My union just sent this out:
wemovetoronto.ca

ATU Local 113 - ATU Local 113 Secures Rear-Door Boarding on TTC Vehicles

Payments by cash, tickets or tokens no longer accepted on TTC buses TORONTO, ONTARIO – (March 23, 2020) – Following Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113’s demands for greater health...
I was wondering if that was going to happen eventually. Like if someone jumps a fare, what can you do? Hopefully no one is out anyway, but every single job is essential now so who knows. :p
Still trying to wrap my mind around how the financial benefits work. I'm fine with my job but my friend isn't and I'm trying to figure out what they need. They were just fired today, not sure if they should apply online or wait until April to apply. This whole situation is crazy.

Plus other friends keep talking about how we are going to be locked in soon and won't be able to move (some of them are in their university town as opposed to their hometown) and it's been stressful. Because no one ever links anything to source their stuff they just drop panic in group chat and...yeah.

Stay safe everyone. Try not to stock up on more than a hundred cheap kraft dinner boxes, I know they are cheap and last forever but we will all die if we eat nothing but that :p
They should time their application because to their last official day of employment. I wonder if you can apply early anyway, considering they're going to processing over a million applications and it's going to take awhile to get to everyone anyway.
 

Shan

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Oct 27, 2017
7,975
Is Indigo Park considered "essential"? I keep my fingers crossed they just stop for a while, for the sake of my lover.
 

Flambe

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Oct 25, 2017
1,175
Crazy seeing gas go from 1.20s to .76 a litre so quickly. If only there were somewhere to drive to other than work lol.
 

Prax

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Oct 25, 2017
3,757
Crazy seeing gas go from 1.20s to .76 a litre so quickly. If only there were somewhere to drive to other than work lol.
That is partially why the price IS so low. lol Nowhere to go, nothing to do..

Both my siblings are problem laid off and my parents are on fixed income (OAS). It's up to me now.. the grocery sister.
 

Leeness

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Oct 27, 2017
7,914
Hey, I just noticed... maybe a bit late though.

Random factoid, but COVID now has infected all 195 countries. Huh.

(Does that mean it wins Plague Inc?)
 

djkimothy

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Oct 27, 2017
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Dunlop

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The only time I leave my house is to go to work and fill up gas. They are working towards everybody working from home, but I feel until the government mandates it I will be still going to work till then.
I can technically do 100% of my job at home remotely, but because I work in health care they want us in the office "just in case". It's such a bizarre decision as soon as one person gets this we will all be forced into quarantine.

I take care of critical IT systems as do many of my colleagues. We could just drive in if an emergency occurred.

.. On the flip side my wife and kids are missing their minds being stuck at home
 

Barnak

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Oct 25, 2017
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What's with the huge increase in Quebec compared to other provinces? Is it because testing is being done faster here?
 
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What's with the huge increase in Quebec compared to other provinces? Is it because testing is being done faster here?

The country has tested approximately 100, 000+ so far, and apparently has capacity to do up to 10, 000(combined between all provinces and territories) in testing per day from what I was listening to on the radio.

So we are catching more cases and more consistently now.

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Quebec here, the CEO of the company for which I work for rushed to the phone after Legault's announcement to negociate the fact that we're an essential service, which was granted by the minister.

Then we had the CEO announcing that in the cafeteria, and some fucking ass licker said ''Thank you for taking time to tell us that.'' and CEO is like ''You know people here are kind of like my family, so that's important to me.''. FUCK OFF LMAO! I felt fucking insulted, I felt like collateral damage, a risk worth taking so that business goes on. No way he would ask actual members of his family to get out and work.

We're doing telecom equipment for ISPs, this is not an essential service, we don't save lives.

I will probably be taking time off at my expense as of today, if they're too negligent to keep their employees safe then I'll do it myself. I feel fucking crass just being here this morning.

STAY HOME is a simple directive to follow, yet our society built on capitalism seems to have a hard time absorbing that.
 

Euler007

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Jan 10, 2018
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So my wife joined a facebook group about people trying to stop their significant other from playing video games. Great timing.
 

Spider-Man

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Quebec here, the CEO of the company for which I work for rushed to the phone after Legault's announcement to negociate the fact that we're an essential service, which was granted by the minister.

Then we had the CEO announcing that in the cafeteria, and some fucking ass licker said ''Thank you for taking time to tell us that.'' and CEO is like ''You know people here are kind of like my family, so that's important to me.''. FUCK OFF LMAO! I felt fucking insulted, I felt like collateral damage, a risk worth taking so that business goes on. No way he would ask actual members of his family to get out and work.

We're doing telecom equipment for ISPs, this is not an essential service, we don't save lives.

I will probably be taking time off at my expense as of today, if they're too negligent to keep their employees safe then I'll do it myself. I feel fucking crass just being here this morning.

STAY HOME is a simple directive to follow, yet our society built on capitalism seems to have a hard time absorbing that.

Sucks how they went about it but you're clearly an essential service. People always say internet should become an essential and free etc. So you're now downplaying that.

It sucks but all utilities will continue to go.
 
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So my wife joined a facebook group about people trying to stop their significant other from playing video games. Great timing.

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Sucks how they went about it but you're clearly an essential service. People always say internet should become an essential and free etc. So you're now downplaying that.

It sucks but all utilities will continue to go.
Thing is, we're not an ISP itself, ISPs already have support teams, groups and equipment available.

We provide ISPs with equipment that helps them locate a failure though. That's more secondary imo.

In any case, I won't tolerate that and will probably call it off. 95% of the workforce is working remotely, we're like 20 people forced to come in because there's no way for us to work from home, so the company can still sell shit to ISPs. I test and ship demo units for sales opportunities, this isn't an essential service.
 
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Couldn't sleep last night. I'm just dreading the announcement today that's rumoured to come..about school being out for an extra month. I will go insane if I don't have work for another month. Ah!

I heard George Brown is planning on reopening on may 19th but not sure how that's supposed to work.

I'm a teacher in a private place but still fall under what the ministry says. All my colleagues are saying we won't go back to work now until at least May, since Ford specifically said yesterday that schools won't reopen April 6th.
 

djkimothy

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'm hoping that Italy can get some good news. We need to use that as evidence of the measures needed to be taken.

 

Spider-Man

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Thing is, we're not an ISP itself, ISPs already have support teams, groups and equipment available.

We provide ISPs with equipment that helps them locate a failure though. That's more secondary imo.

In any case, I won't tolerate that and will probably call it off. 95% of the workforce is working remotely, we're like 20 people forced to come in because there's no way for us to work from home, so the company can still sell shit to ISPs. I test and ship demo units for sales opportunities, this isn't an essential service.

Ah then that makes it more clear. I agree then.
 

Leeness

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winjet81

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Oct 27, 2017
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Ontario here; anyone else worried that the situation in New York State is so far gone and out of control that this has potential to spill over across our border with people desperately trying to get into Canada to find medical help?

Someone tell me this is a ridiculous worry.