FACT CHECK: Ford and Elliott’s own words were lies

QUEEN’S PARK — The Toronto Star has revealed Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Christine Elliott lied when they said their decision to cancel many public health protections was based on expert advice.

Now, according to CBC News, epidemiologists say the province could be heading towards daily case counts of 2,000.

“Doug Ford and Christine Elliott repeatedly said they were taking the advice of medical experts when they cancelled public health measures in hot zones. They lied. They gambled with people’s lives and now experts project Ontario could hit 2,000 new cases a day next month,” said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.

• FORD: “This framework was developed in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Public Health Measures Table, local medical officers of health, and other health system experts.” – Doug Ford, Nov. 3 (YouTube link)

• FORD: “Everyone had their input on it. I think they did an extremely good job.” – Nov 4, (YouTube link)

• FORD: “We have well over 100 docs giving us all this information. You know, It’s not just Dr. Williams. We have the local medical officer, Dr. Loh, asking me to do the same thing.” – Nov. 5, (YouTube link)

• ELLIOTT: “Our response framework was developed in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, the Public Health Measures Table, local medical officers of health and other health experts.” – Christine Elliott, Nov. 3 (YouTube link)

• ELLIOTT: “We take advice and recommendations from Doctor Williams, from the public measures table, there are a number of other doctors that feed into that table that provide us with that advice.” – Nov. 5, (YouTube link)