On Monday Apr 12, Toronto’s medical officer of health, told members that the province had removed her power to impose mask wearing in Toronto.
Gord Perks stated, “I don’t think people in the city of Toronto or the province of Ontario understand how devastating the new restrictions brought by the province of Ontario on what medical officers can and cannot do is,” said Coun. Gord Perks (Ward 4, Parkdale — High Park) at the board meeting.
Toronto’s board of health is now calling on The Ontario government to re-enable local medical officers of health to issue letters of instruction, “as part of the local tool kit” to reduce the impact of COVID-19, with one of the permissions to require mask usage.
