'Frustration is real' Ontario politicians agree on eliminating COVID-19 lockdowns
CTV
As businesses in Ontario fling open their doors, the province's major political parties seem to be on the same page on how to handle future waves of COVID-19 -- suggesting lockdowns could be a measure of the past.
The province entered the first phase of its economic reopening on Monday, allowing the majority of businesses to reopen with 50 per cent capacity for the next 21 days before the measures are gradually dialed back.
While the impact of the reopening has yet to be determined, Premier Doug Ford called it the "first step in returning to normal."
"All Ontarians are united in their desire to put this pandemic behind us and return to the life we knew before COVID-19,” the premier said in a statement.
The premier's political critics who have, in the past, called for circuit breaker measures to blunt previous waves of the pandemic now seem to agree with the government's position about moving beyond the pandemic.
