Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, is retiring, effective next month. It’s not clear that that will matter much at all. Williams has been widely and strongly criticized for his performance during this long, bleak emergency. Of course he has. He has been the public face of Ontario’s pandemic response effort, and Premier Doug Ford has often lauded his input, saying that Williams was the man he relied on for advice and.
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It didnât take long for Ontario Premier Doug Fordâs government to catch some heat for its three-step provincial reopening plan. Cineplex CEO Ellis Jacob, whose industry will have to wait until the final step to get back to business, slammed the strategy as âabsurdâ and accused Fordâs government of âignoring the facts.â This afternoon, we look forward to speaking with Indigo Books & Music Founder, Chair and CEO Heather Reisman about the timeline and the capacity limits non-essential retailers will face. We were reminded of the stakes this morning, with Statistics Canada estimating retail sales fell 5.1 per cent last month as restrictions tightened. And shortly after 9 a.m. ET weâll get perspective from former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna on how governments across the country are navigating COVID.
May 20, 2021 · 0 Comments
By Brock Weir
This was going to be the week where we would be able to emerge from the latest round of stay-at-home orders, but it will be a little while longer until present health restrictions start to lift.
On Thursday, the Premier’s Office announced province-wide stay-at-home orders would be extended until at least June 2.
“While we are seeing positive trends as a result of the public health measures put in place, we cannot afford to let it up yet,” said Premier Doug Ford in a statement. “We must stay vigilant to ensure our ICU numbers stay down and our hospital capacity is protected. If we stay the course for the next two weeks and continue vaccinating record number[s] of Ontarians every day, we can begin to look forward to July and August and having the summer that everyone deserves.”
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To make a long story short, the retainer fee I had submitted was eventually returned to me, as the legal counsel wanted to focus on only a few of the most egregious cases. In my particular case, I had obtained a mask exemption based on conscience for my 6-year old son, and after the complete runaround I experienced up and down the school board, where no individual from the principal to the director of education was actually willing to take responsibility in the event of any infringements of the exemption, I decided that I had lost all trust in the system and pulled my son out of school altogether.