Ford could have imposed more severe restrictions just in the most affected areas. Instead, people in areas with low COVID numbers are told to lock down like Armageddon at hand . Dec 22, 2020 • Last Updated 18 hours ago • 4 minute read
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference at Queen's Park regarding new provincewide COVID-19 measures, in Toronto on Monday, December 21, 2020. Photo by Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the dumbest move of his premiership Monday. His severe pandemic lockdown of the entire province will not only subject millions of Ontarians to unnecessary restrictions, it effectively undermines the idea that his government’s decision-making is driven by science, logic or even a minimum of rationality.

There is a significant COVID problem in Toronto, the GTA and Windsor-Essex. That’s not going to be helped one bit by shutting down everyday life in Ottawa, Northern Ontario and other areas where COVID numbers are light.

In his media conference, Ford tried to portray the lockdown as protecting the low-COVID areas from hordes of invading sick people. He specifically cited Ottawa, a city of one million people that has only 19 COVID cases in hospital, none in intensive care and just 378 active cases. Apparently, the city faces the hitherto unperceived threat of “droves” of Quebecers surging across the border to infect the populace....

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