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Police expected to have presence outside Etobicoke BBQ restaurant that was ordered to close after flouting lockdown rules
Police are expected to have a presence this morning outside an Etobicoke barbecue restaurant that was ordered to close indefinitely after openly flouting public health restrictions prohibiting on-site dining.
Adamson Barbecue owner Adam Skelly opened up the Queen Elizabeth Blvd. location of his restaurant on Tuesday morning for indoor and patio dining, despite a lockdown order that went into effect in the city one day prior.
Ontario AG slams Dr. Williams’ leadership during COVID-19 pandemic
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health and his associates “did not lead” the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in its early days and repeatedly ordered measures only when it was too late, the province’s auditor general wrote in a scathing 230-page report.
Bonnie Lysyk said Dr. David Williams and his team did not “fully exercise his powers” under provincial to marshal resources and enact measures to protect the public during the early months of the pandemic, nor did he embrace the “precautionary principle,” where any precaution thought necessary should be enacted as fast as possible, even when the science of the matter is not certain.
