An Ontario construction group is renewing calls for a shutdown of sites across the province, one day after the provincial government announced “updated guidance” for construction employers in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The Ontario Construction Consortium (OCC) said it’s “impossible to maintain proper social distancing on sites.” The group is calling for non-essential sites to be closed for two weeks “until the situation can be improved for the health and safety of construction.” “It makes no sense to ban gatherings of 5 or more people in most circumstances, but still have hundreds of workers reporting to construction job sites,” OCC executive director Phil Gillies said in a statement.