TORONTO — It’s time to move on from public health restrictions aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19 because people are “done” with rules like vaccine certificates and masks, Ontario’s premier said on Tuesday.
A day after his Progressive Conservative government announced plans to speed up its business reopening plan and end its vaccine certificate system within a few weeks, Doug Ford said he’s eager to “get these mandates moving.”
“I hate as a government telling anyone what to do. We’ve just got to get moving forward and get out of this and protect the jobs,” Ford said at a manufacturing announcement in Hamilton, Ont.
“The world’s done with it, so let’s just move forward.”
The Ontario government intends to fully lift capacity limits on businesses and social gatherings on March 1. Its vaccine certificate policy — which requires that certain businesses only admit vaccinated patrons — is set to end the same day.
On Tuesday, Quebec announced it will also phase out the use of its vaccine passport, and it will no longer be required anywhere in the province by March 14, Health Minister Christian Dube said.
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I commiserate, Doug. I’m done with you as well.