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While he supports most of the province’s new restrictions announced Friday afternoon, Kingston Mayor Bryan Paterson said he is continuing to lobby for a regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We heard from the premier (Friday) that 80 per cent of cases are in 20 per cent of the province,” Paterson said Saturday morning. “So if that is true, then why do we treat the entire province the same way? I think there is room and rationale still for a regional approach, and I hope that we can continue to make that case.
Heavy-handed approach not right for Kingston: Mayor Paterson recorder.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from recorder.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In one email released to CBC, Realgoal a Canadian company based in B.C. confirms it provided accommodation and food for employees of its Chinese parent company, Heilongjian Realgoal Technology Co. Ltd., while they were in Canada for the installation and [commissioning of] equipment for Canada Royal Milk in Kingston.
In June and July of 2019, fire inspectors found a total of 88 workers living at the five addresses.
Handwritten notes from one visit say the inspector was told by someone at the property there were more people staying at these residences, but the first wave of workers had already left.
Inspectors determined the homes should be classified as rooming houses under the fire code and documented a range of fire and building code violations, including unsafe cooking facilities and partitioned sleeping quarters constructed without proper permits.
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