Ontario, the epicentre of Canada’s third wave of COVID-19, is currently subject to what Premier Doug Ford has called the “strictest measures in all of North America.”
On Tuesday, Ontario’s official COVID-19 Science Advisory Table issued an oblique criticism of the current lockdowns. In a statement, the team of more than three dozen public health researchers branded some of Ontario’s current restrictions as belonging to policies that “won’t work.” They are far from the first in Ontario to question the efficacy of measures that are unprecedented in Canada, including empowering police to ticket anyone outside their home without valid reason.
