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20.08.2021 / 17:05

Hamilton’s mayor to propose mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for city employees

COVID-19 vaccine doses.Fred Eisenberger told Global News he hopes to move the policy forward during a special council meeting on Thursday that will feature staff reporting on a mandatory COVID vaccination verification policy for council consideration.“We’re going to be looking at a policy to require a vaccine verification, two doses for all city employees and anyone that’s visiting our facility going forward,” Eisenberger told 900 CHML’s Bill Kelly.

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Bill Kelly: Ford’s wrongheaded shutdown will cripple Ontario’s ski industry

COVID-19 protocols in place; eating areas were off-limits, social distancing in lineups and ski lifts was strictly enforced. Canadian ski resorts seeing busy start to season thanks to COVID-19 Skiers themselves, many of whom already wore face shields for skiing, were wearing protective masks as well, yet the government perceived ski resorts to be a threat to spread the virus.The president of the Ontario Ski Resorts Association, Kevin Nichol, is perplexed.

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Bill Kelly: Charles Dickens nailed our 2020 emotional roller-coaster

A Tale of Two Cities by the great Charles Dickens.“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness.”“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” captures the wide range of emotions that we’ve all experienced this year.

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Bill Kelly: Non-compliance to COVID-19 rules brings another lockdown

coronavirus, but it seems that Premier Doug Ford is just getting warmed up.Numerous sources indicate that the premier will impose what will essentially be a provincewide lockdown, likely beginning when the stores close on Dec. 24 in southern Ontario for four weeks and likely two weeks in northern Ontario.Schools will be shut down as well, but we saw that coming last week when the education minister told students to take their learning materials home over the Christmas break.

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Bill Kelly: Another lockdown may be coming to Ontario, but will it work?

Doug Ford‘s tap dance around the issue at his daily press conference Thursday, there seems to be a sense of inevitability that Ontario is headed for some version of another lockdown to stop the rapid spread of new cases of COVID-19.The premier says he doesn’t want to make a snap decision. Ontario hospitals call for 4-week lockdown in hard-hit regions to slow COVID-19 spread That shouldn’t be a problem.

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Mayor says Hamilton-area lockdown an ‘opportunity’ amid approaching holiday season

COVID-19 cases.During his town hall with Global News Radio 900 CHML’s Bill Kelly on Thursday, Fred Eisenberger said GTHA mayors recently discussed the possibilities of having municipalities across Southern Ontario “on the level playing field.”“Given the fact that many people would be taking some time off over the holidays it is probably a good opportunity to lockdown, as we were in March, to try and contain the spread of this virus,” Eisenberger said.

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Bill Kelly: A federal-provincial turf war is brewing over long-term care solutions

Study suggests size determines how COVID-19 affects Ontario retirement homes Both leaders have essentially told the federal government to just hand over more money with no strings attached and then keep its nose out of health care delivery in their provinces.Technically, both premiers are right: health care is a provincial responsibility.The problem is, neither province is doing a good job on the long-term care file.Here in Ontario, the overwhelming number of COVID-19 deaths have been in long-term care facilities, and this pandemic has exposed a frighteningly long list of serious problems, from staffing to living conditions.

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Bill Kelly: It’s time to get tough with pandemic offenders

Hamilton Airbnb owner charged with violating Ontario’s COVID-19 rules This past weekend, the owner of an Airbnb in Hamilton’s east end was charged with numerous offences when authorities busted up a 30-person party.For the record, gatherings of more than five people are illegal under the Reopening Ontario Act.And that’s the point. The list of restrictions in the Reopening Ontario Act are not suggestions, they are the law of the land, and if you ignore the law or thumb your nose at the law, expect to suffer the consequences.

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Bill Kelly: Hey NHL, stand in line for your vaccines

he told Mercedes Stephenson on Global’s The West Block that Pfizer wants to ensure that the vaccine gets to the people who need it most.

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Bill Kelly: Let’s get vaccine priorities straight

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Bill Kelly: COVID-19 spending is frightening, but necessary

Chrystia Freeland‘s economic statement is rife with stimulus spending to do whatever it takes to help Canadians and Canadian businesses to stay safe and solvent.The fact that the conservative-minded Chambers of Commerce, which advocates for the interests of small businesses, supports such measures speaks to the severity of the circumstances that citizens and businesses face now and in the future.Should we be concerned about the monumental deficits that are being created and fiscal challenges we’ll face on the other side of this horrific health care and economic calamity? Absolutely — but we need our governments to deal with the crisis before us.The costs of battling this pandemic are enormous, but the cost of not doing enough is worse.There

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Bill Kelly: Vaccine vitriol is hurting public confidence

until 2030.That’s nonsense, of course.

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Bill Kelly: Canadians don’t need uncertainty over coronavirus vaccine

COVID-19 pandemic.The bad news is, that support could melt away like an ice cube on a summer’s day as details of how the government may have mishandled the procurement of the much-anticipated vaccines unfold.

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Bill Kelly: Auditor general’s report shows Ford government’s poor leadership amid COVID-19 crisis

COVID-19 crisis, and it’s a damning assessment of mismanagement and poor leadership.The auditor general cites confusing and contradictory information from the Ford government and the chief medical officer, Dr. David Williams.In fact, Williams was the focus of much of the AG’s negative review, to the point of questioning if Williams is the right choice for the job.

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Bill Kelly: Delay in Canadians getting coronavirus vaccine not surprising

COVID-19 and vaccines.There has been understandable elation about the news of multiple coronavirus vaccines; that has exceeded all expectations about efficacy and availability, and has offered renewed hope that we may finally tame this horrific virus.It was also encouraging to learn that the Canadian government has ordered more doses per capita of vaccines than most other countries. Two shots.

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Bill Kelly: Coronavirus vaccine will be great, but what about the here and now?

Doug Ford‘s assurance that when the COVID-19 vaccines are widely distributed, life will get back to normal is, in fact, not the least bit reassuring to those of us who are dealing with the virus and the collateral damage that the virus is causing in our communities.Conventional wisdom suggests that, even with the latest good news about vaccine development, it will still be sometime next summer before any vaccine will be available to most of us.The premier can hire whomever he wants to oversee the distribution of vaccines, but that distribution will be totally dependent on how many doses are available and when they’ll be available and the province will have little control over that.

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Bill Kelly: Why the secrecy, Premier Ford?

non-disclosure agreements that prohibit them from commenting on the recommendations or opinions they offer the government.That begs some obvious questions: why the secrecy, premier? Why are we, the people who are living this pandemic nightmare, not privy to the expert advice of these health care experts?Instead, that advice is presented to us through a political filter. Yet this shouldn’t be a political or partisan issue.

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Bill Kelly: Mixed messaging from government is stalling COVID-19 recovery

covidiots” who refuse to believe the pandemic exists.We’re in a medical crisis. We don’t need feel-good, positive messaging, we need the truth.Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: COVID-19 vaccine news gives us a much-needed injection of hope

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: It’s time for governments to get tough on COVID-19

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Anti-maskers are selfish

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Where is Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s plan for long-term care homes?

in Toronto Life magazine, chronicles horrific stories of malnutrition and dehydration and stories of staff walking off the job because of intolerable working conditions.Sadly, these accounts mirror similar stories of the living conditions of the frail and elderly in these facilities.Adding to those intolerable living conditions is the frightening reality of a second-wave of COVID-19, which is sweeping through these facilities like wildfire and exposing those residents to this deadly virus.The government’s response to this crisis is to embark on a recruitment drive to attract more staff to the long-term care industry.Great idea, but the government doesn’t anticipate seeing the fruits of that endeavour for at least two years, so what about

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Bill Kelly: Is Ford passing the buck on COVID-19?

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Is refusing to wear a mask protected by the Charter?

told the CBC.That jives with other legal opinions which indicate that a person’s individual rights stop when they collide with the greater good to the community. And stopping the spread of the virus is in the best interest of the greater community.Of course, the right to refuse a mandatory mask order hasn’t been tested in court yet, but if and when municipalities start enforcing this bylaw, that legal debate will happen sooner than later.In the meantime, the law is the law.

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Bill Kelly: U.S. election mess shows you get the government you deserve

Joe Biden has secured 224 Electoral College votes, Donald Trump has 213, both shy of the 270 votes needed to secure the White House for the next four years. No winner has been declared in the 2020 U.S.

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Bill Kelly: Thank God we live in Canada

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Are Snowbirds grounded this winter?

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Why is the Ford government’s approval rating dropping?

dropped eight percentage points since May.So, why the sudden drop in support for the Ford government?You don’t have to look any farther than the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.Ford drew rave reviews for his handling of the early stages of the pandemic, but his government’s rollout of the recovery plan has drawn a truckload of push back.The back to school plan has been lambasted by health care officials and educators and parents.We’re worried that little or nothing has been done to correct the tragic circumstances in long-term care facilities, and a growing number of Ontarians think Ford is more concerned about the economy than public health.This poll, like all other polls, is just a snapshot in time.

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Bill Kelly: Public health rules are the path to economic recovery

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: A tale of two approaches to pandemic relief

set aside hyper-partisan politics and work together.Well, thank you for that, Captain Obvious!The fact is, for the most part, that’s exactly how our Parliament handled the first wave of the horrific COVID-19 pandemic.There was no shortage of partisan sniping at the way government programs were designed and rolled out, and a lot of that criticism was warranted. But, when push came to shove, the opposition parties voted to fund the necessary programs to offer assistance to Canadians who were suffering from the pandemic.Contrast that will the stalemate south of the border.The U.S.

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Bill Kelly: Doug Ford’s mixed messaging on coronavirus erodes his credibility

COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford received high marks for his government’s handling of the crisis, and he saw his personal popularity rise from the dumpster to the stratosphere.Today, however, the mixed messaging and contrarian rules and regulations dealing with the second wave of COVID-19 have many Ontarians wondering if the premier knows what he’s doing.

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Bill Kelly: Maybe we need a vaccine for stupidity

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: When will the COVID-19 lesson be learned?

continuing increase of new COVID-19 cases has apparently changed the anticipated narrative of the government’s game plan.Health experts and political leaders are worried that those new cases may be the beginning of the second wave of COVID-19, and that’s likely to re-direct a lot of energy and money toward flattening the curve and ramping up testing, purchasing more personal protection equipment and ensuring that hospitals are prepared to handle a possible surge.That’s frustrating.But we need to ask, are we the people part of the solution or part of the problem?Sure, most of us are wearing masks, and that’s a good thing.But, we’ve dropped the ball on social distancing and self-isolation, and many of us seem to think that large gatherings

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Bill Kelly: Why there won’t be a fall election

336 MPs currently in office to agree on everything (two seats are vacant and awaiting new members via byelections on Oct.

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Bill Kelly: Trump’s denial of science is killing America

about 400,000 Americans could perish from COVID-19 by the end of this year.Sadly, it didn’t have to be that way, but the lack of leadership and the outright lying to the American people by Donald Trump, has transformed a bad situation into a catastrophic disaster.He lies about the gravity of the situation, he lies about a possible vaccine.

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Bill Kelly: We’re letting our guard down on COVID-19

COVID-19 in the last couple of days, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he’s considering strategic shutdowns in provincial hotspots.That’s bad news for struggling businesses who are trying to get back on their feet from the first shutdown, and the sad fact of the matter is, we’ve only got ourselves to blame.We in Ontario were feeling pretty good about ourselves for flattening the curve and reducing the incidence of new COVID-19 cases.

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Bill Kelly: Is Canada ready for a basic income program?

basic income program is on the table and being seriously considered as the Trudeau government puts the finishing touches on the upcoming speech from the throne.You may recall that the Wynne government instituted a basic income pilot project in a handful of Ontario cities, including Hamilton, and early indications seemed to indicate that the program was having a positive impact on low-income earners.

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Bill Kelly: Even in tough times, Canadian political parties feel entitled to an entitlement

Bill Kelly is the host of the Bill Kelly Show on Global News Radio 900 CHML.

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Bill Kelly: Don’t rush the vaccine

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Bill Kelly: Ontario’s top doc on the hot seat

rushing to defend Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. David Williams, amid growing calls for the good doctor to be fired or resign.Some critics claim that Williams has been too slow to react to the ever-changing information about COVID-19, but others feel that his pronouncements about how Ontario should respond to the virus are too heavily influenced by politics and not science.Dr.

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Bill Kelly: COVID-19 fatigue is spreading, and that’s a problem

François Legault to his citizens.Quebec has seen a troubling increase in the number of new cases of COVID-19 — not a catastrophic increase, but worrisome nonetheless.Legault is concerned that too many people are becoming lax in their adherence to the COVID-19 protocols, including social distancing and staying in our social bubbles, which is supposed to only include family and close friends that we’ve had extensive contact with.

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Bill Kelly: Election reform is coming, and it’s about time

first-past-the-post method of counting votes isn’t going to change any time soon.But, because of COVID-19, the way in which we vote is going to have to change, especially if this minority government falls and throws us into an election during the pandemic.Elections Canada is suggesting that the next election be held on a weekend, when more people would have time off to vote. Elections Canada looking into safe way to hold possible federal election amid coronavirus I like the idea.

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Waterloo Catholic elementary schools will have staggered start this fall

Bill Kelly: Ontario parents still have concerns about Ford’s back-to-school plan “We need time to re-schedule and reconfigure our virtual school and we know that our youngest students will benefit from a little more time to get acclimatized to their new routines,” he explained.Kindergarteners are already staggered at the start in local Catholic schools so they are unaffected by the move.Students in Grades 1 and 2 will start Tuesday while Grades 3 and 4 will start Wednesday, Grades 5 and 6 Thursday and Grades 7 and 8 will start Friday.Shewchuk says that there will be no change of plans for Catholic high schools in the area.“Our secondary schools are going back on an adapted model which is already half the number of students, and most of

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Bill Kelly: Ontario parents still have concerns about Ford’s back-to-school plan

surveyed by Maru/Blue said that they will not let their children return to school in September.The survey also indicated that 74 per cent of parents would prefer that Health Minister Christine Elliot should make decisions about school openings and not Education Minister Stephen Lecce.The Ford government has tried to characterize the opposition to its reopening plan as a ploy by teachers unions; not surprising, since the premier seems to have a thing about unions.But this survey shows that not only teachers but parents also still have significant health and safety concerns that they feel the government has not properly addressed.Paramount among those issues are class sizes and the apparent abandoning of the social distancing protocol that

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Bill Kelly: The uncomfortable truth is we’re not ready for school reopening

Doug Ford stands firm amid growing calls to revise Ontario’s back-to-school plan Why is it that children still have to practise social distancing when they line up for their Happy Meal at McDonald’s, but they’ll be jammed back into classrooms with the same number of students that was deemed to be unsafe just a few months ago?Children are not immune from COVID-19, and even if they don’t show symptoms of the virus, they can still pass it on to teachers, custodians and family members when they go home.

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Bill Kelly: Get with the program — wear a face mask

likely to pass a similar bylaw on Friday.Let’s cut to the bottom line: face masks are necessary.And no, I’m not being paranoid, I’m being cautious. 2 hairstylists with COVID-19 saw 139 clients.

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Bill Kelly: Keep the Canada-U.S. border closed

COVID-19 cases in more than 30 of the 50 American states, the best news we’ve heard this week is that non-essential travel across the Canada-U.S. border will likely continue to be restricted until late August.On a personal level, I’m saddened by the restriction because some of our dearest friends are U.S.

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Bill Kelly: Masks should be mandatory

COVID-19, we need to make wearing masks mandatory.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0