Local Journalism Initiative
‘A provincial government that harms BIPOC populations by policy decisions’: Doctor expresses frustration as Ford gives Peel peanuts in vaccine pilot
After public health experts and media across North America spent months pointing out the racial and ethnic inequities of the pandemic response during the first wave, which ravaged visible minority communities, Premier Doug Ford walked up to a podium for his daily press conference on September 4. “Something is broken when you have 3 percent of the population with 40 percent of the cases,” he said, describing the alarming situation in Brampton, sounding surprised and pointing fingers at local officials. Thanks to Ford and his PC government the city was routinely reporting around a quarter of Ontario’s infections as the second wave hit Brampton weeks before other areas. Ford and Health Minister Christine…
