Blasting Kieran Moore for his vacation? We’ll need him on our side, for bigger battles. What matters is Ontario’s chief medical officer needs to be stronger on the big stuff in the pandemic, especially when resistance mounts. Opinion by bruce_arthur
Some people are angry about this. Some of the more strident voices insist Moore should face charges for violating the federal quarantine act, which calls for masking for 14 days after returning from abroad. We’ve seen this kind of thing — with powerful people violatingWe need to let that part go, honestly. It’s exhausting, and despite some unnecessary own-goals, l’affaire Moore is a distraction above all.
When it comes to Kieran Moore and vacation, that path remains the thing to focus your energy on. We spend too much time on small scandals in this country, which is how you get a prime minister’s residence that nobody in their right mind would live in. Moore did cut his vacation short: he was supposed to be out of office until Wednesday. It wasn’t handled well. Fin.
But we’re likely going to need him. The handover from Dr. David Williams was seen as a huge upgrade when Moore was picked last summer; it turns out the job is significantly harder than it looks. Honestly, it’s not clear any policy dictated by the Ontario cabinet would have been substantially different with Moore in his chair, rather than on his phone in the Caribbean.