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Friday afternoon the Ontario government, having consulted with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, released A Plan to Safely Reopen Ontario and Manage COVID-19 for the Long-Term, outlining its gradual approach for lifting remaining public health and workplace safety measures by March 2022.

Thursday afternoon the government of Ontario released its fall 2021 P3 Market Update

Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, opened a new session of provincial parliament this morning, delivering the speech from the throne, entitled “Protecting Ontario’s Progress”. The throne speech marks the provincial government’s opportunity to lay out a new legislative agenda for the session.

The ongoing spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19 throughout Ontario has fueled a resurgence of cases across the province over approximately the last three weeks. Health Canada and Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health have indicated that a fourth wave of the virus is asserting itself. In response to these developments Ontario health officials two weeks ago released new guidance speaking to testing and self-isolation for those that may have been exposed to COVID-19 and new rules for people based on vaccination status.