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MNEWS ONTARIO LIBERALS DEMAND PCS ACT ON HOSPITAL PROTESTS MO DINIS ton} S Choice MEGAN DELAIRE > mdelaire@toronto.com wursday, September 30, 2021 | Following days of dem- & onstrations outside Ontario |T mier Doug Ford to take mugher action on pandemic = protes esters & e party released a F3 ‘phn to mandate safety" on * Sept. 14 and addressed a let- me to Ford the next day urg- to adopt the mea- sures laid out in the plan and meet with Ontario's chiefs of police and opposi- tion leaders to discuss other potential solutions to the problem of conspiracy theo- ry and anti-vaccine protest groups. “When angry mobs as- semble outside our hospi- idated, and acts of agares- sion are occurring at an creasingly alarming vate across the province,” reads the letter signed by Ontario Liberal Party leader Steven Del Duca. “The vaccinated majori- ve are rightly discouraged and dismayed by these de- velopments as case num- bers continue to climb, and need to see strong leader- ship to combat radicaliza- tion.” The province has not tak- en any tes steps to ad- dress rotests outside health-care facilities, sputy Premier Chris! Eliott condemned the ac- tions of demonstrators as “unfortunate” during an up- date on the province's last mile vaccination strategy tals, it's time to say enough. _on Sept. 14. Vulnerable cancer patients “This is very demoraliz- are seine exposed tothean- _ ing to our front-line health- ur ex- care worker hausted front-line health- working flat out to save peo- care heroes are beingintim- ple's lives for the last 18 months," Elliott said. "It's just very unfortunate that this is happening with the protesters, and we would ask them to please think about the great work our front-line health-care work- ers are doing and please stop these protests." The mn the province to adopt the follow- ing measures: PROMOTING VACCINE ACCEP- TANCE AND COMBATING MISIN- FORMATION The plan calls on Ford t to convene a meeting on th Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police to discuss how to "protect communi- ties from anti-vax abuse, ha- rassment, violence and blocked access to services" while ensuring the right to public assembly is also pro- tected. Italso asks for the es- tablishment of temporary exclusion zones around hos- pital entrances to help pa- tients and staff move more freely in and out of hospi- We're open for Dine-In or Take-Out [Wo f Richard Lautens photo recently gathered in Br front of Toronto General Hospital, as others had done at other hospitals across Ontario and at Queen's Park. tals. It calls for the province to work with the federal gov- ernment to counter misin- formation and disinforma- cines and the pandemic, invest in pub- t. ‘STRENGTHENING VACCINE Theplan challenges Ford to remove “testing loop- for those without ntario Human health workers; regulated lic health education and Rights Code exemptions in outreach for i where i i low, and add requirements mandate vaccines on all for the use of COVID-19 vac- _ provincially cine certificatesasaregula- trains and buses, for both tion under the Emergency passengers and operators; mandate vaccines for all employees of workplaces mers are re- wee to obe vaccinated; and provide workers with 10 pro- funded paid sick days. It also calls on Ford to mandate vaccines for stu- dents born in 2009 or earlier and establish public health make vestments, including an funding to. ae increased support for CO- VID-19 burdened hospitals. It also calls for a compre- hensive plan for the mass immunization of children born after 2009 and a revised timeline for increased ca- pacities under the new vac- cine certificate guideline, as well as additional financial support for small business- es. Don’t get stuck without fresh coffee! ROASTED IN HALTON HILLS VY) Direct fromthe Roastery V Freshly. roasted:specialty coffee Vv) Delivered right-to your door = Southpaw The Rerwick Coffee Bar and Cafe Open for Dinner Monday to Friday Thursday to Saturday 7am - 6pm Call for reservations Saturday & Sunday 647-812-3954 8am - 6pm 99 Main St. S, Georgetown www.berwickbistro.ca 221 Miller Dr, Georgetown www.southpawcafe.ca ORDER ONLINE @ BL CKCREEKC FEE. coM theifp.ca