“Our summer is at risk,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
Ontario’s science advisers recommended that a six-week stay-at-home order and a vaccination rate of at least 100,000 doses a day is the only way to curb the third wave.
Police enforcement of the stay-at-home order will also be enhanced, said Solicitor General Sylvia Jones. Police will have the authority to ask anyone who is outside what their address is and to ask why they’re out, she said.
Police will also be able to pull over vehicles to check that occupants are only out for essential purposes, she said. Those violating the order could be fined up to $750. The new authority, she said, will last for the duration of the stay-at-home order.