I grew up in Brampton, my parents and friends still live there - I’m terrified for them every day. Peel feeds us, clothes us, ships our Amazon packages to us. They are the most important non-medical front lines workers in the country. And we failed them. https://thelocal.to/you-cant-stop-the-spread-of-the-virus-if-you-dont-stop-it-in-peel/">https://thelocal.to/you-cant-...

- Peel accounts for 20% of the provinces cases, but only get 7.5% of vaccine supply
- Brampton has ONE hospital to serve 600K people, Toronto had FIVE on one street

- Peel processes 40% of Amazon packages and 60% of trucking starts there
- Peel is the largest producer of everything from chicken to peanut butter to ventilators

Things are bad, but many of us wouldn’t have survived this pandemic it it weren’t for the racialized, immigrant, international student populations that make up Peel. They kept us alive, while fighting for their own lives.

Racialized communities aren’t vaccine hesitant, they lack vaccine access

Paid sick days were due yesterday, last month, last year - GET IT DONE @fordnation

When we’re through this - put Peel on a pedestal. There’s no Build Back Better w/o paying our dues to the people of Peel

All credit due to @fatimabsyed for writing the article that spurred this thread.

Also, this is about Peel but there is a pattern of limited healthcare and vaccine access that exist in racialized communities across Canada. Research the disparities in your region and take action.