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OTTAWA – With COVID cases rising exponentially, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered new support to businesses Friday, just as many will be forced to close their doors due to new lockdowns.
“We are at a tipping point in this pandemic. Not only is the second wave underway, but yesterday we saw the highest daily recorded cases, well above what we saw in the spring,” Trudeau said at a press conference.
Trudeau pleaded with Canadians to come together, do the right thing, reduce their exposures and bend the curve downward.
“When things were at their bleakest during the first wave Canadians pulled together,” he said. “We flattened the curve before. We can do it again.”
When things were at their bleakest during the first wave Canadians pulled together
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced new restrictions in Ottawa, Toronto and Peel Region as his province hit a new record number of daily cases with 939 new cases and hospitalization also on the rise.
“The pandemic has picked up speed at an alarming rate,” Ford said.