After previously resisting the idea of a regional approach to reopening the province amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford is now considering the idea as long as there is an increase in coronavirus testing.
The City of Kingston is one city that has been anxious to reopen its economy as the region has consistently shown low case numbers, with only one case as of May 31.
In early May, a letter addressed to Ford and signed by the mayor of Kingston, the wardens of Lennox and Addington and Frontenac County and the head of KFL&A Public Health asked the premier to consider allowing the region to ease lockdown measures based on local data.