Thread by @CBCQueensPark

NEW: @OntarioPCParty has begun an ad blitz against the federal Liberal government.
"Mutant COVID variants are flying into Canada. Trudeau didn't close the borders when the pandemic started. He didn't close the borders when it got worse." #onpoli #cdnpoli
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It's not exactly clear what the Ford government wants the Trudeau government to do re the borders.
Here's a cabinet minister saying the feds should "shut down international borders!" and "freeze incoming flights immediately." #onpoli #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/SteveClarkPC/status/1390318661320286208

Here's Premier Ford calling for "stronger border measures" #onpoli #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/fordnation/status/1389330067319402503?s=20

Here's the education minister asking people to sign a petition calling on the feds to "ban all non-essential travel to Canada."
(Non-essential travel to Canada by foreigners has been banned since March 2020.) #cdnpoli #onpoli

In the @OntarioPCParty ad, a blood-red stain spreads across Ontario as the airplanes converge on Toronto.

Here's the @OntarioPCParty's 30-second ad targeting the Trudeau government over #COVID19 variants & the border. #onpoli #cdnpoli

Story by @l_stone & @jeffreybgray
theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

“The attack ads depict planes landing at Pearson International Airport and a red stain of infection spreading across the province,” writes @robferguson1. thestar.com/politics/provi…

Here's my TV item for @CBCToronto (hosted tonight by @chrisgloverCBC) on the @OntarioPCParty attack ad targeting the Trudeau government. #cdnpoli #onpoli #COVID19Ontario