Simcoe numbers betray our confidence.  Which part of “stay home” don’t people get?  Another business owner complaining is not a spokesperson for any community. It will not surprise me to discover that the Ontario government encouraged the idea that people outside the GTA were not to be lumped together with people in the GTA.

The news over the last two days has been reflecting the fact that Simcoe Muskoka’s top doctor ‘seriously considering’ another lockdown. I think he’s been paying attention to the science, not the government’s pep talk and gee whiz great job updates.

A businessman’s public plea and claim not to know what is happening does not merely sound like I want to make money and put people at risk; it lacks the community orientation that we say identifies Ontarians and Canadians