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) comments
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.