MEMO:
To: H+K Clients
From: Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Subject: Ontario Government Press Conference on COVID-19
Date: March 16, 2020
Context
On March 16, 2020, Ontario Premier Doug Ford held a press conference to update on the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Ford was joined by Finance Minister, Rod Phillips; Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, Monte McNaughton; Minister of Health, Christine Elliott; and Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams. Primary topics addressed during the press conference included new legislation being tabled to protect workers and jobs, as well as an update on Ontario’s provincial budget, previously scheduled for March 25, 2020.
It is worth noting that the legislature is currently on an already scheduled recess with a scheduled return of March 23. On March 12, MPPs voted to give the government the authority to extend the break, if necessary, to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.
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