Posted: Dec 10, 2020 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Premier Doug Ford speaks in the legislature on May 12.(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
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It's been a year like no other, including within the stately stone walls of Ontario's legislature.
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed business at Queen's Park. Normally raucous question period took on a more muted tone, with limited numbers of physically distanced MPPs scattered around the chamber, their occasional heckles muffled by masks.
Premier Doug Ford's government prioritized emergency legislation during the pandemic's first wave, and the opposition parties co-operated with their unanimous consent to speed passage of six such bills. But as the year progressed, political differences re-emerged as the government pushed forward with its agenda, sometimes with legislation completed unrelated to COVID-19.