As Ontario moves toward economic re-opening, the provincial
government is releasing information about sectors that can re-open
as well as about the guidelines that will apply to each of those
sectors. In this post, which will be updated regularly as
developments occur, we discuss the latest Ontario relaunch
developments. The most recent update, on November 17, 2020,
concerned the New Framework that has just come into effect across
Ontario.
November 17: The New Framework Applies Across Ontario
On November 3, 2020, the Government of Ontario released the
COVID-19 Response Framework ("New Framework"),
which replaces the previous Framework for Reopening Our
Province ("Old Framework"). The New Framework
introduces a five-level, colour-coded scheme with clearly-defined
criteria for each stage. Shortly thereafter, on November 13, 2020,
some of the criteria in the New Framework were revised in order to
allow for the introduction of more stringent control measures at
