With the gradual reopening of schools and certain sectors of the economy, Ensemble Montréal, the official opposition at Montreal City Hall, is calling for the mandatory use of face coverings on public transit.
The party is filing a motion for the city to ask the Société de transport de Montréal to implement the measure. The opposition argues its a question of making public transit safe for anyone who needs to travel during the city’s de-confinement period. “Public health has been telling us for weeks that we must keep a distance of two metres from our neighbour to avoid transmission of the coronavirus,” said Lionel Perez, Ensemble Montreal leader, adding it’s a difficult thing especially if thousands of Montrealers start heading back to