Toronto's mayor believes that the Ontario government should take a more regionalized approach to restarting the economy.
A lone person walks past closed businesses in Kensington Market in Toronto on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan DenetteTORONTO -- Toronto's mayor believes that the Ontario government should take a more regionalized approach to restarting the economy; one that he concedes would likely mean that the beginning of stage two of the province's reopening process would be pushed back a little longer in the Greater Toronto Area.
The medical officers of health with Ontario's 34 public health units also advocated for such an approach in a letter sent to provincial officials earlier this week. “It doesn’t have to be that one part is open and one part is closed indefinitely but maybe you can have a much longer period before the implementation of the next thing to allow Toronto and the GTA to take a little longer,” Tory said on Friday morning. “As much as people won’t want to hear me say that, I think it is sensible.”
“In the end what we are really looking for here is what is going to keep people safe and keep people healthy in all parts of the province but including here in Toronto,” Tory said Friday. “There is a difference obviously just based on the numbers between what is going on in Toronto versus Sudbury, versus Sault St. Marie. There is a difference and we have to acknowledge that.”
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