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Their lawyers are probably giving them bad advice, and this could have happened earlier. But with the province leaving others to make the hard decisions, Toronto needed some courage, and Dr. Eileen de Villa and John Tory delivered. Somebody had to. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2020/11/10/lawyers-be-damned-toronto-needed-some-courage-dr-eileen-de-villa-and-john-tory-provided-it.html
On using a Section 22, by the way, I’ve spoken to three MOHs in the last few days and gotten three different interpretations. Many experts think Toronto’s lawyers are goofballs, but there is grey there among the people whose job it is to use them.
And on @johntory, he has often been a man of the status quo, of comfortable Toronto. He hasn’t had the bold vision on transit, on taxes, on a future for everyone. But this is the challenge of a lifetime, and the moment, and unlike other mayors I could name, he rose to it.
And as for the courage shown by @epdevilla and Lawrence Loh in Peel, a lot of other MOHs may have to make the same choices soon enough, because it looks like the province won’t. https://twitter.com/edtubb/status/1326330280018317314
If you wanted data on why indoor dining is dangerous, here it is. I wish it weren't true. Again, nobody advocating for lockdowns wants to see restaurants or businesses close, and anyone saying so isn't a serious person. https://twitter.com/linseymarr/status/1326322849234231297?s=20
