The government legislative committee on finance and economic affairs holds these pre budget consultations for the annual budget put forward by the provincial government.
However, members do call for tight and clear travel restrictions
Author of the article: PJ Wilson
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Northern Ontario “can’t afford people coming up from southern Ontario” as a more virulent form of the novel coronavirus is spreading, Northern members of the Ontario Health Coalition said Wednesday.
Concerns about the U.K. variant of COVID-19 spreading to Northern Ontario has the Ontario Health Coalition warning against all non-essential travel into, out of, and within the region.
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Northern Ontario “can’t afford people coming up from southern Ontario” as a more virulent form of the novel coronavirus is raising its head, Northern members of the Ontario Health Coalition stated Wednesday.
Speaking in a virtual news conference Wednesday, representatives from across the North stopped short of calling for a Northern Ontario “bubble,” but stressed the need to prevent COVID-19 and its variants from spreading further across the province.
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“So far we have been good,” Ben Lefebvre of Iroquois Falls said, but “we want to protect ourselves. It’s only fair that Northern Ontario residents have some protection.