Ontario walks back new pandemic police powers following widespread backlash
TORONTO — Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they’re out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones […]
Misleading the public: 13 months of Ontario using suicides, overdose deaths caused by lockdowns as COVID-19 death counts
“Individuals who have died with COVID-19, but not as a result of COVID-19 are included in the case counts for COVID-19 deaths in Toronto” -Toronto Public Health.
Ontario MPP Roman Baber launches lawsuit against Ford government
Baber has maintained strong anti-lockdown views throughout the pandemic. He was even booted out of the PC Caucus earlier this year after calling lockdown measures “deadlier than COVID”
Let it go: Disney to close down Square One location in Mississauga after almost 30 years after reduced sales since the pandemic
As many small businesses have collapsed since the mandatory closures in Ontario, big businesses seem to suffer from the government’s response to the pandemic too. The Disney store at Mississauga’s Square One shopping mall will close down on March 23, pivoting to eCommerce shopping platform, shopDisney, in response to reduced foot traffic since the lockdowns. […]
Toronto’s tourism industry in $8.35 billion deficit since pandemic, report says
On the whole, Canada’s tourism decline is ‘worse than September 11, SARS, and financial crisis combined.’
Local brewery to pay workers $22 hourly, first in Toronto to pay living wage
A living wage accounts for the actual cost of residing in a city, enables workers to contribute to the community
Some Toronto businesses are planning to open next week, despite lockdown orders
A group called ‘We Are All Essential’ is inviting small businesses to open February 11th
