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Court says ‘wisdom and efficacy’ of Ontario’s lockdown rules ‘open to question’

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province’s lockdown measures allowing big box stores that happen to sell groceries to remain fully open — potentially generating more customer traffic — is “open to question.”In a decision that ultimately dismisses Hudson’s Bay Co.’s bid to amend Ontario’s retail lockdown rules, a panel of Ontario Superior Court judges suggests the policy could be at odds with the broader goal of limiting COVID-19 while allowing the sale of essential items in stores.

Small businesses call on Ontario to change COVID-19 lockdown rules as big box stores remain open The decision says the logic of reducing community transmission suggests that only goods deemed essential should be offered for sale in stores, and that the public should only be permitted into.

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