As police forces in Quebec began enforcing new regional travel restrictions on Wednesday to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus — including travel into the province from Ontario — the mayor of Ottawa says there are “no plans” to station police officers on interprovincial crossings that link the city with Gatineau. “We don’t believe on this side that it’s necessary,” Jim Watson said in a teleconference call with reporters. “We certainly would not support putting municipal police resources on five bridges 24 hours a day.
I don’t think it would make any sense and it would take police away from doing vital work during this pandemic.” The Quebec government announced Wednesday morning it would begin restricting access to four additional