Ontario Premier Doug Ford will keep schools closed for the remainder of the academic year, a source has told CTV News.
According to the source, Ford's planning and priorities committee decided all schools would remain shut, rather than opting for a region-by-region approach.
Cabinet has not finalized the decision, with a press conference expected 1 pm today.
According to CTV's Colin D'Mello, today's announcement will not include information on the province's "Step 1" reopening strategy.
NEW: Premier Doug Ford is NOT expected to announce anything related to step 1 on the economic reopening.
— Colin D'Mello CTVNews (@ColinDMello) June 2, 2021
The government says its waiting for transmission data from the May 24 long weekend before making the final call, but is open to moving up step 1. #onpoli
Ford has expressed hesitance at the idea of school reopenings, noting that his health and science team found that a reopening could result in a six to 11 percent increase in COVID transmissions.
Ford also said last week that this could charge a fourth wave, as the B.1.6.1.7 variant, first detected in India, continues to make its way through Canada.
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