The Globe and Mail Letters
Jan. 16: ‘Doug Ford’s bluster has become repetitive and ridiculous.’ Readers react from ‘lockdown’ in Ontario, plus other letters to the editor Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published January 16, 2021
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Provincial politics
Re Ontario’s New Incomprehensible ‘Lockdown’ (Jan. 14): I believe the fundamental problem is that Doug Ford views the pandemic as a political crisis rather than a health issue.
We’re told to stay at home, but we can gather outside in groups of five; venture forth only for medical reasons or essential grocery shopping, yet stores of every kind may continue with curbside pickup.
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