As protests spread and other provinces lift restrictions, Ontario’s Doug Ford stays the course – CBC
Provincial government considering slightly quicker timeline for easing COVID-19 capacity limits, sources say
Feb 10, 2022
Even before any truckers started their engines to join the Ottawa-bound convoy against COVID-19 restrictions, Ontario Premier Doug Ford laid out a timeline for easing the latest round of the province’s public health measures.
In the three weeks since that timeline was announced, the political situation has changed, much more so than the pandemic situation.
Protesters in Ottawa have dug in and are about to begin their third week of blocking streets in the nation’s capital.
A protest is snarling Windsor’s Ambassador Bridge, a route that carries one-quarter of all Canada-U.S. cross-border trade.
Police in Toronto closed streets around Queen’s Park on Wednesday amid rumblings that demonstrators are heading there, with plans to stay.
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Quebec and other provinces have announced (to varying degrees) accelerated timelines for lifting COVID-19 restrictions.
