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Ontario Premier Doug Ford emotionally apologized to residents of the Canadian province Thursday after his government had to roll back its strict lockdown orders and enhanced police powers after they were met with furious backlash.
“Last Friday, in response to extremely troubling modeling that told us we could see well over 15,000 cases a day, we moved fast to put measures in place to reduce mobility, but we moved too fast,” Ford said during a virtual press conference that lasted more than 25 minutes. “And I know that some of those measures, especially around enforcement, they went too far.”
“Simply put, we got it wrong,” continued Ford, who broadcast from isolation after having been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. “We made a mistake. These decisions, they left a lot of people very concerned. In fact, they left a lot of people angry and upset. I know we got it wrong. I know we made a mistake. And for that, I’m sorry and I sincerely apologize.”
The latest tweets from @fordnation. Next time i complain about how my slow iphone 8, i'll remind myself that ontario premier doug ford still uses a 2014 blackberry classic. — Aaron Sousa (@JournoSousa) April.
Ford later went on to choke up remembering stories he had heard of Ontarians who, because of COVID-19 restrictions in hospitals, were unable to hold the hands of loved ones as they died.
Claiming he was deferring to the experts around him, Ford said, “I’m sorry we acted too quick on the measures. All I hear is, ‘limit mobility, limit mobility,’ and we moved too quick. But anytime, if I make a mistake, I correct it immediately, which we did on the weekend.”
“And again, the reason I’m here and I’m apologizing [is] because we moved too quick, with having people being pulled over, per se, you call it carding, but I want to tell the people of Ontario, I’ve never, ever directed the police. I never have, I never will.”
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Ford and his cabinet were faced with swift public outcry after they clamped down even on playgrounds and granted police the power to stop Ontarians at random, ask why they were not at home, and demand their address. Even members of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table denounced the measures.
“[T]he decisions came amid panic over the latest modelling for the pandemic and fears that Ford’s approval among voters would suffer badly if he was not seen to be taking action,” according to various sources close to the government who spoke to CBC News.
As Yahoo News reported regarding Ontario’s controversial restrictions:
Effective Saturday, April 17, 2021:
Outdoor gatherings are limited to your immediate household only, but people who live alone can still join with one other household. All non-essential construction project are also being halted.
The province is restricting all outdoor recreational amenities, including golf courses, basketball courts, soccer fields and playgrounds, on the same date.
Capacity in big-box retailers is being reduce further to 25 per cent capacity.
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Effective Monday, April 19, 2021:
Capacity at places of worship, weddings and funerals will be capped to maximum of 10 people indoors or outdoors, but drive-in services are permitted.
Check points will be introduced at all interprovincial borders, limiting access to border crossing between Ontario, and Manitoba and Quebec, with exceptions for work, medical care, transposition of goods or exercising Indigenous treaty rights.
Ford had earlier acknowledged openly that Ontario had “implemented the strictest measures in all of North America.”
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Lincoln Jay travelled to Gravenhurst, Ontario to investigate the incident involving the 12-year-old boy who was shoved off his scooter by an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was enforcing COVID restrictions.
FULL REPORT from LincolnMJay: https://t.co/ByBT0aOtBdpic.twitter.com/iJSdsInLAA
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— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) April 22, 2021
Related: Protesters Who Issued ‘SOS’ Signal Across U.S.-Ontario Border Slapped With Criminal Charges
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford got ratioed hard on Twitter this weekend for a seemingly-innocuous post asking followers if they could guess his 'favourite ice cream.'
The post included a photo of Ford eating ice cream with a spoon, from a cup, in a t-shirt, in front of a Kawartha Dairy van. The van also bears the word 'Bobcaygeon,' which is where you'll find the popular Ontario-based dairy company's head office and production plant.
Hashtagged with #IceCreamDay, the tweet suggests that a national day-of-the-year dedicated to ice cream would ever take place in December. It does not.
Posted at 7:46 p.m. on Sunday, December 13, the tweet had racked up nearly 3,000 replies as of Monday afternoon (contrasted against 808 retweets and about 2,100 hearts).
Reactions are mixed, but emotions appear to be high across the board.
Seriously? Now's not the time. Because:
1. Pandemic
2. Pandemic
3. It's winter and this picture was clearly taken in Summer
4. Your lack of support for small businesses, schools and other people in danger because of the...
5. Pandemic
Many people expressed confusion over why the premier would suddenly post a photo of himself eating ice cream, in December, in the middle of an unprecedented global health crisis.
How is this what @fordnation actually posted at ICU rooms continue to be filled faster than spaces are coming available.
The situation is dire and this is what our leader posts on an early 2 months break.
This was indeed the overwhelming sentiment in the comment thread under Ford's ice cream photo.
People are being evicted, families being torn apart by deaths, small businesses are going under, kids in schools getting sick and this is what you feel the need to post?
— Sheila Colla, Ph.D (@SaveWildBees) December 14, 2020
Some on Twitter pointed out that Ontario had reported 1,677 new cases of COVID-19 that very morning, along with 16 deaths.
Just a reminder that it's 9 months to the day that your administration closed Ontario schools due to (checks notes) 60 cases of #covid19. Flash forward to Dec 13, 1677 cases, 5 new @tdsb schools closing due to outbreaks, 6217 cases total in Ontario schools.
— Dr. Kiddo Kate (@DrKateTO) December 14, 2020Others shared personal stories with Ford to illustrate why the tweet had offended them.
I just told my kids they won't be seeing grandma and grandpa for Christmas this year. Guess how interested we are in your favourite icecream?
— Dr. Abe Oudshoorn (@AbeOudshoorn) December 14, 2020The question of whether or not Ford was paid by the more than 80-year-old Kawartha Dairy company for his endorsement — through campaign donations or otherwise — also came up quite a bit, as it did when he shared numerous McDonald's-related videos on social media earlier in the fall.
You're a dingus.
Without even digging, 10 bucks says @kawarthadairy is a cpc donor.
As did calls for the Ford government to lift pandemic restrictions on small businesses.
End the lockdowns bro!
— Elect Conservatives (@ElectTories) December 14, 2020Many took the opportunity to create their own punny ice cream flavours, such as 'Oxygen Maskin-Robbins' and 'Pralines and long term care home neglect.'
Viral Vanilla
Cookies & Covid
Ford Failed Fudge Ripple
Triple Chocolate Trolling Ontarians
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough for Donors
Cappuccino Campaigning
Fire Fullerton French Vanilla
Buck a Beer Bubble Gum
Or how about DO YOUR JOB.#FordLiedPeopleDied#VoteFordOut2022pic.twitter.com/5OLh3fTqOr
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— RandomSecretary #FireLecce (@RandomSecretary) December 14, 2020Others didn't mince words. Instead, they flat out called Ford's tweet callous, cowardly, indecent, disgusting, insensitive and beyond comprehension.
Ontario families are being evicted during a global pandemic while you sit on millions of $s of covid funding and post this photo of yourself eating well. Kindness matters, but in this case - shame on you. Take better care of your people.
— Be Kind. (@brandi_licious) December 14, 2020I'm not going to repeat the shots taken at Ford's physique, but there were plenty of those as well.
'It's hard to imagine a better photo to encourage the rest of us to eat smart, avoid dairy and sugar, and exercise daily,' wrote someone in one of the less-crass tweets on the subject.
Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned. @fordnation ate ice cream, as people in Ontario continue to die from Covid.
— Kevin van Steendelaar (@KvanSteendelaar) December 14, 2020But again, the overwhelming majority of replies to Ford's ice cream tweet contained messages of disbelief and disappointment in the premier's decision to publish such a frivolous message during a seriously troubling time for the province.
Seriously??? What the hell is wrong with you Doug Ford? Ontario is on fire 🔥 🔥🔥 and this is what you’re focusing on? This is NOT normal behaviour.
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— MG (@MariaMgroz) December 14, 2020Doug Ford Twitter Account
'Frankly I don't care what your favourite ice cream flavour is. There are far more important things I'd like to know,' reads one.
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'Like why are you sitting on $12 billion in fed cash while children are stuffed in poorly ventilated classrooms, hospitals and long-term care homes are horribly overburdened?'
You do know Doug we are in a middle of a global pandemic. Ontario is hitting over 1800 new cases of #COVID19 a day with almost 4000 deaths in Ontario alone. You can pretend life is normal as you eat your ice cream. But Ontarians effected by the #coronavirus will never forget.
— Bev 🏃♀️ (@BevAzevedo) December 14, 2020'This sort of social media content from a politico is cute and humanizing if they aren't complete failures who prioritize big business and bigots over...everything,' remarked one Twitter user.
'I hope your ice cream melts and then refreezes before you eat it. May you be plagued by ice crystals and freezer burn.'