Ontario reports 1,265 new COVID-19 cases; testing down 45 per cent
Ontario is reporting 1,265 new COVID-19 cases on Monday along with 33 more deaths, as testing rates fell more than 45 per cent as is often observed after a weekend.
Toronto reported 421 new cases as it exits a week-long period where it was transitioning to the province’s main COVID-19 data management system.
Civil liberties group warns mandatory hotel quarantines may harm low income Canadians
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa’s move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citizens’ mobility rights.
Cara Zwibel, a lawyer who heads the organization’s fundamental freedoms program, is calling on the federal government to produce any evidence that returning passengers are breaching the current requirement to self-isolate at home, which she suggests is the only fair basis to toughen the rules.
