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Ontario to end vaccine passports, lift restrictions 'in spite' of protests
https://ottawacitizen.com ^ | Feb 14, 2022 • 4 hours ago | Elizabeth Payne

Posted on 02/14/2022 6:48:30 PM PST by 11th_VA

Ontario will remove most pandemic restrictions, including vaccine passports, by March 1 and loosen capacity limits sooner, Premier Doug Ford announced Monday. Masks will still be required indoors in public spaces until at least mid-March.

The announcement, which came as convoy protesters occupied Ottawa for an 18th day and the federal government enacted the Emergencies Act, brought accusations that the province had caved in to convoy demands.

Ford denied that, saying Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.”

Still, at least some saw the announcement as a victory for the convoy movement.

“Now Ontario. Vaccine passports gone in 2 weeks,” tweeted Conservative MP and leadership candidate Pierre Poillievre, who has been a vocal supporter of the protesters. “Keep the momentum going.”

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Ford said pandemic restrictions have been divisive for many, including his own family, calling it “one of the hardest things my family and I have ever gone through”. One of Ford’s daughters has been public about her opposition to COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic restrictions.

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Ontario becomes the latest province to announce an end to pandemic restrictions. Last week, Saskatchewan and Alberta announced they would quickly lift vaccine passports, mandatory masking and other COVID-19 rules, despite Canada’s chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, warning that hospitals are still under heavy pressure and the country is not “out of the woods yet.”

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TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: canada; convoy; covid; dissent; ontario; protest; restrictions
I'm confused ... I thought this was an EMERGENCY ...
1 posted on 02/14/2022 6:48:30 PM PST by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

bkmk


2 posted on 02/14/2022 6:54:01 PM PST by conserv8 ("Make straight the ways" . . . (They always were.))
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To: 11th_VA

My take, for what it’s worth,
Justina Castro will temporarily roll back thug totalitarian vaccins ‘passports’ while retaining vaccine ‘mandates’

Thug totalitarian like communist Jacinda.


3 posted on 02/14/2022 7:03:26 PM PST by A strike (Public Health 21st century murder by government. DoktorFauxiMengeleGates to a TerreHaute gurney now)
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To: 11th_VA

Fidelito is insane.

Crackhead brother is insane

Jim Watson, the one who did not discover DNA structure, is insane.

Truckers are sane.

Country that supports them are sane.

politicians want to pretend they lifted restrictions all due to their own wisdom and eminence.


4 posted on 02/14/2022 7:03:48 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: 11th_VA

“Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.””

LOL.

Fascists need to be destroyed.


5 posted on 02/14/2022 7:05:06 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 11th_VA

Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.”

Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.”


6 posted on 02/14/2022 7:09:36 PM PST by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: 11th_VA
How do you ‘Cave In’ to the people's obviously reasonable desire in a Republic? Perhaps they consider ‘Caving In’ as not meeting the desires of Xi Jinping?
7 posted on 02/14/2022 7:11:44 PM PST by Nateman (Xi Jinping is the most diabolical enemy America has ever had. 🍊)
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To: 11th_VA
yeah, right...

8 posted on 02/14/2022 7:28:02 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Chode
Careful , he's watching


9 posted on 02/14/2022 7:39:57 PM PST by piroque ("When the SHTF I'm gonna hunker down until all those idiots kill each other. " )
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10 posted on 02/14/2022 7:55:38 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Paladin2

“Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.””

LOL.

Fascists need to be destroyed.>>>. He missed stating the “Follow the science” bullshiiite


11 posted on 02/14/2022 8:00:14 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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To: kvanbrunt2

He also neglected to mention southern Manitoba.


12 posted on 02/14/2022 8:28:27 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: 11th_VA

“calling it “one of the hardest things my family and I have ever gone through”.

****

You know you’re lying like a true politician when you use the phrase “asked my family” or “hardest decision in my life”. Effing cliche.


13 posted on 02/14/2022 8:34:35 PM PST by max americana (FIRED LEFTARD employees at our office every election since 2008 and enjoyed seeing them cry.)
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To: 11th_VA

They misspelled “because of”.


14 posted on 02/14/2022 9:13:51 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: 11th_VA
Ford denied that, saying Monday’s announcement occurred “not because of what is happening in Ottawa and Windsor, but in spite of it.”

What a liar.

15 posted on 02/14/2022 9:14:49 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: 11th_VA

Each of those courageous truckers deserve a gold medal.

They showed the world how you deal with tyrants.

It’s a beautiful day.


16 posted on 02/14/2022 9:29:29 PM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: BenLurkin

17 posted on 02/14/2022 11:36:05 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: 11th_VA

“Ford said pandemic restrictions have been divisive for many, including his own family, calling it “one of the hardest things my family and I have ever gone through”

So far.

Poor, poor Doug Ford. It’s all about him.

These difficulties will pale in comparison if someone gets tarred and feathered, or drawn and quartered.


18 posted on 02/14/2022 11:42:02 PM PST by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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To: 11th_VA

Nobody believes these ridiculous lies. We all know why they’re caving now.


19 posted on 02/15/2022 1:34:10 AM PST by FLT-bird
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