TORONTO Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back Friday against Ontario s ongoing calls for tighter travel restrictions, saying finger-pointing won t help Ontarians as the province grapples with the third wave of COVID-19. Trudeau made the comment in response to an ad released Thursday by Ontario s Progressive Conservative party, which accuses him of failing to appropriately restrict travel into the province. The prime minister said Ottawa is willing to work with Ontario on further limiting the number of people allowed to enter the province, but noted he hasn t heard from Premier Doug Ford on the issue since the province requested tighter controls at land borders last week.
TORONTO Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his minister of long-term care and accepted responsibility for the future of the sector, after a report detailed the government’s missteps when COVID-19 ravaged the province’s nursing homes where nearly 4,000 residents died. Ford, who returned to Queen’s Park after isolating at an Etobicoke residence for two weeks after a COVID-19 exposure, expressed “full confidence” in Minister Merrilee Fullerton and said the blame should be directed towards him instead. “I know it’s easy for the Leader of the Opposition to blame my great minister, but the buck stops with me; that’s who it stops with. It stops with me and I’ll take responsibility,” Ford said during question period.
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Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford casts his vote on June 7, 2018, when he was elected premier. His leadership during the pandemic is being questioned, but there s no guarantee that dissatisfaction reflected in polls will last until the next election in June 2022.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Ottawa has taken charge of the environmental assessment for the Ford government’s contentious Highway 413 project, but will leave a second controversial highway plan in Ontario’s hands.
The 413 which has come under increased scrutiny over its environmental impact in recent months will now be subject to a longer and more rigorous review. Many believe this effectively spells the end of the project. The planned highway, the subject of a
Torstar investigation published last month, would run through the protected Greenbelt. Canadians expect their governments to make decisions based on science and evidence that support environmental protection and economic growth, said federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson in a statement explaining the decision Monday.