Premier Doug Ford and Ontario ministers provide COVID-19 update – April 17, 2020

In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and provincial cabinet ministers Christine Elliott (health), Stephen Lecce (education), and Dr. Merrilee Fullerton (long-term care) provide an update on their government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

[raymoreau]

Sending positive energy to the to all hearts that are breaking and Light to all who need it.

[JeffPearson]

Reporters just keep asking the exact same questions every day ffs

[sydbarrett]

Someone should ask if the seniors were asked to sign a "do not resussitate" they care about the seniors so much why not let the doctors go to see them? These seniors probably have other ailment that are serious that should be seen to but doctors are'nt allowed to go to see them....they dont care about

[misskay]

Better safe then sorry ! Very proud to be Canadian. I'm all for staying safe . My son will be just fine . This hole situation is teaching him about life and how fragile it is .

[workfastsleepfaster]

All truckers need a raise. They work on 1980 wages.

[dayanita]

We need top wages for health care workers

[Carolinec]

I think we should appreciate what the Premier is doing and saying. It could be worse... it could be A LOT worse... it could be ‘Trump’ worse.
I think we are lucky to have a government that is actually looking out for us and not looking at this as a business deal.

[Mykamania]

All these news updates 1 month now and not 1 mention of 5G?

[mikepaquettw]

giving laptops to kids is not helping nursing homes

[Griever]

Can everyone in Ontario still working as “essential workers” get a raise? It’s friggin scary being at work during this time. We aren’t getting anything extra. We are actually getting less. We are losing our RRSP match and our overtime. But we aren’t getting any raises. What is that?

[izakopalma]

I been working in CHSLD for 20 years and it’s been a fight all the way for more staff and better wages, it’s a shame that it had to come to this, if they would of listened years ago we wouldn’t be here now.

[mikepaquettw]

what about the seniors in nursing homes. They did not fix that problem

[carlosgonzalez]

Explain what the plan is moving forward, tell us how you plan to bring everyone to the new normal. Please see NY Gov Coumo daily press conference on how they plan to get out of the crisis, we need to hear that there’s a plan.

[shrddur]

He was a penny pincher before and now he will spare no expense. What a joke !

[staylor]

I have homeschooled our children before, please help my children to be returned home to me so I am able to teach them again. I am in the middle of a cousdady situation. In the last 320 days, I have only been able to see our children 6 times. They have a good Daddy, but they also have a good mommy who loves them also.

[marialynngillen]

Your doing a get job Mr. Ford, continue on!!! Don't knuckle under from outside pressure..

[dikonga]

Thanks again Mr Ford the COVID 18 conqueror.

[jamiesiple]

hopefully when this over with, the homes will be taken care of people who run them, for people in Ontario, you going to need a book if you going shopping, or just get deliver,

[sachinchandrashekar]

Wow, the minister stopped talking all of a sudden. Someone had to turn the page for him.

[RunningRlust]

Did she just say swat teams to go into nursing homes ???