The Ontario government on Monday was the latest province to outline its COVID-19 economic recovery plan, but when compared to other provinces’ plans released last week, Ontario’s was starkly different for one reason: it wasn’t anchored to any specific dates.
But that’s not a bad thing — rather, it’s “encouraging,” public health experts say. “To me, it makes more sense to not have dates,” said Craig Jenne, an infectious disease expert and associate professor at the University of Calgary. “I do understand some provinces are able to put out dates because they may be actually at the point now where it is time for them to start reopening.