TORONTO --
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that there could be an announcement next week regarding the eventual reopening of the economy.
Ford made the comment as he toured a new COVID-19 testing facility at Pearson International Airport on Wednesday afternoon.
It comes on the heels of Quebec Premier Francois Legault announcing that non-essential stores, personal care salons and museums across the province will be permitted to reopen next week.
A number of business in Alberta were also permitted to reopen last month amid declining case counts and hospitalization numbers in that province.
"We're gonna be going to cabinet this afternoon, we'll have a better idea after our cabinet meeting, and we'll have an announcement, probably on Monday," Ford said. “So our goal is to open up the economy safely and only a couple of hot zones might be a week later."