Ford continues to fail Thunder Bay during COVID emergency: MPP Monteith-Farrell

QUEEN’S PARK and THUNDER BAY – Despite having the highest per capita number of COVID cases, the Ford government isn’t sending Thunder Bay pharmacies any vaccines right now. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath raised that serious problem in question period at Queen’s Park Thursday and said she and Judith Monteith-Farrell, NDP MPP for Thunder Bay – Atikokan, will keep fighting.

“Thunder Bay has been under a state of emergency for weeks. We have per capita more than double the new cases of COVID-19 that anywhere else in Ontario. Our medical officer says COVID is basically everywhere,” said Monteith-Farrell.

“Yet the Ford government has chosen to ignore Thunder Bay. We are the only place in Ontario where the schools are closed. Our loved ones and neighbours are at risk, and we need more help.”

Monteith-Farrell said Thunder Bay is desperate for more help to stop the spread — which the community has been pleading for since February — including vaccines, testing in workplaces, paid sick days, and support for businesses to operate safely.