Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Effective January 20, 2021, the Ontario government is increasing workplace inspections of retailers and other workplaces as part of a crackdown on compliance to ensure COVID-19 safety protocols are being followed and enforced.
Previously, the Government of Ontario announced that it would be sending Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development (MOLTSD) health and safety inspectors, local bylaw officers, and police officers to “big-box stores” in the Toronto, Hamilton, Peel, York, and Durham regions to enforce COVID-19 health and safety requirements.
Now, the Government of Ontario is expanding its workplace inspections beyond big-box stores to smaller retailers, restaurants, essential service-sector establishments, and farming operations.
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On January 12, 2021, the Office of the Premier of
Ontario announced that in response to modelling
data showing the province is in a COVID-19 crisis and its
hospitals Intensive Care Units will be overwhelmed in a few
weeks, a second state of emergency was being declared along with a
new stay-at-home order. The second state of emergency was
declared under s. 7.0.1(1) of the
Emergency Management and
Civil Protection Act (EMCPA), effective immediately (the
first was declared on March 17, 2020, and remained in effect until
July 24, 2020). The stay-at-home order will take effect on
Ontario Declares Second Provincial Emergency to Address COVID-19 Crisis and Save Lives
Province Issues Stay-at-Home Order and Introduces Enhanced Enforcement Measures to Reduce Mobility
January 12, 2021
TORONTO In response to a doubling in COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, the real and looming threat of the collapse of the province s hospital system and alarming risks posed to long-term care homes as a result of high COVID-19 transmission rates, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health and other health experts, is immediately declaring a second provincial emergency under s 7.0.1 (1) of the
Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act (EMPCA).
The Ford government says it's taking additional measures to protect workers in response to rising COVID-19 cases as the province faces a stay-at-home order.