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Ontario cabinet to debate imposing additional COVID-19 restrictions as cases hit new high

Published on April 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM

TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford's cabinet is meeting Thursday to discuss new restrictions necessary to deal with the alarming rise in COVID-19 variant cases that are putting immense pressure on hospitals.

Solicitor General Sylvia Jones would not say what measures the cabinet would consider or if a curfew – similar to the one enforced in Montreal – would be among them.

Read more: Ontario reports record-breaking 4,736 new COVID-19 cases as total count surpasses 400,000

“Premier Ford has said from the very beginning of this pandemic, that all options are on the table,” Jones said. “And that continues to be our philosophy as a cabinet and a caucus.”

Jones, however, acknowledged the challenges a curfew would present in Ontario, pointing to the anti-curfew protests in Quebec.

Read more: ‘Sicker and younger': Toronto ICU copes with pressure during 3rd wave of COVID

“I think the Montreal riots speak to the challenge of both enforcing, and people's willingness to do a curfew,” she said.

The cabinet meeting comes as Ontario reported a record 4,736 new cases of COVID-19 today and 29 more deaths linked to the virus.

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