Thread by @CityCynthia

Premier Ford. "We got it wrong, we made a mistake...I'm sorry and I sincerely apologize." #onpoli

Premier Ford officially says they are working on a paid sick day program. (which they have resisted for a year)
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Premier's feed back on. They go straight to questions. He says they are going to fix the paid sick day "gap." Doesn't say if it will be temporary of offer details. @onpoli

Ford says they will focus vaccines on "hot areas."
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Premier Ford is asked if he still has the moral authority to lead. He answers by talking about his strong team. "I'm not one to walk away from anything, we will continue to lead through this pandemic." #onpoli

Ford pushes back "to say I'm the reason for the third wave, it's around the world...to say I'm not responsible for not having vaccines.." #onpoli

What are you actually sorry for? And what are you going to do about it? "I'm sorry we acted too quick on the measures." he answers. (they had months of warning, and almost 3 days to assess the modelling)
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Premier promises his paid sick day program will be the best in North America. (no details, no timeline) #onpoli

"I apologize to the people for getting emotional, the responsibility is huge on your shoulders." Ford says #onpoli

Premier says his government has taken "extreme" measures to control spread, says it would have been much worse if they hadn't. (Science Advisory Table would disagree with that I'm sure - the head almost resigned last Friday after the gov did the opposite of what it recommended)

Zoom conference over. To sum up: extremely chastened Premier Ford promises best paid sick day program in NA. (a year into pandemic) but no details.
He apologizes for "rushing" into Friday's announcement
Says he's listening to doctors, does not take responsibility for 3rd wave