anyways, this is why our discourse around racism, hate and extremism is very very bad in this country and you should go read my latest in the washington post
the stupidity of the variants/border debate may truly break me. this isn't hard: variants that originated elsewhere *obviously* came in through travel. But this isn't new info. They've been here for over 4 months. Province has *actively* contributed to their spread via bad policy
knowing that the variants have been here, (remember it tore through a Barrie LTC in Jan), this province *chose* to loosen restrictions, forgo adequate ventilation measures in schools, refused to shutter non-essential workplaces, not employ rapid testing for surveillance, etc
so much of our political media frames this as a "ooohhh feds v provinces: battle royale" but that doesn't really track. fairly or unfairly, the lion's share of daily pandemic management and response falls to the provinces. provinces with good leadership have done well