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The Ontario government will replace Dr. David Williams as chief medical officer of health in June, the province's health minister announced on Sunday.
Williams is set to retire on June 25, Christine Elliott said in a news release. He will be replaced by Dr. Kieran Moore, currently the medical officer of health for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health. Moore is expected to step into the role on June 26.
Williams, who was set to retire months ago but delayed the move because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has held the position for five years.
Premier Doug Ford's government will table a motion in the legislature on Monday to formalize the appointment, according to the news release.
Moore is expected to work with Williams as he gets used to the job, starting June 7.
GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill
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Ontario’s science table says schools can safely reopen on regional basis
What are the risks of extending the expiry date for the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine?
GUEST: Dr. Peter Juni, Director of Ontario’s Science Table and a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Toronto
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The pandemic’s impact on the economy has been staggering — and complicated.
Some of the typical measurements are in conflict: the stock market is soaring while 1.5 million Canadians are out of work. Many of the largest companies recorded historic profits while one quarter of small businesses reported revenue drops of 30 per cent or more.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted in the past year, though the Bank of Canada projects a promising return to pre-pandemic growth. The federal government poured huge sums of money into stimulus measures, but Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says an economic rebound will help cover the debt.
If economists agree on one thing, it is that the price of the pandemic is unprecedented — in dollars, in labour, in product, in everything.
But how much, exactly? With expert guidance, we tried to assign a price tag to the pandemic so far.
GUEST: Moshe Lander, Senior Economics Lecturer with Concordia University
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