Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday that the province would allow a small, select number of businesses to reopen on May 4.
They would include seasonal businesses such as garden centres and nurseries with curbside pick-up and delivery only, as well as lawn care and landscaping services. Also included are automatic and self-serve car washes, and auto dealerships by appointment only.
Essential construction projects that include shipping and logistics, broadband, telecommunications, and digital infrastructure, municipal projects, colleges and universities, child care centres, and schools are also included.
Golf courses and marinas would be allowed to prepare, but wouldn't be allowed to open to the public yet.
The premier and his ministers also discussed the ongoing situation at long-term care homes, commercial tenants struggling to pay rent, and if Ontario is in a recession after a C.D. Howe report stated Canada had entered a recession due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario reported 421 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 16,608 cases. The death toll has risen to 1,121.
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