Wave Two is receding, says Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam, but new strains put Canada at "critical juncture" and provinces should not be lifting restrictions yet.
The Canadian Press
Canada's chief public health officer says the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a 'critical juncture' in the fight against fast-spreading variants.
Dr. Theresa Tam says on Twitter that COVID-19 disease activity continues to decline and vaccination is heading in the right direction.
But she says Canadians need to maintain COVID-19 precautions to protect each other, especially as cases of more contagious variants are mounting across the country.
Her comments come as Quebec is reporting its lowest number of COVID-19 cases in five months, with 666 new infections and 15 virus-related deaths.
Ontario, meanwhile, is reporting 1,087 cases as the province prepares to lift a stay-at-home order in one long-standing hot spot on Monday.
The majority of the province's regions will then have returned to the province's colour-coded pandemic response framework, with stay-at-home orders remaining in place in just three regions — Toronto, Peel Region and the North Bay-Parry Sound district.
Singh says the resettlement program needs to be expanded.
The Sipekne'katik First Nation continue to face abuse in Nova Scotia.
Afghan refugees who risked their lives to support Canada are being flown into our country. Mendicino says the circumstances in Afghanistan are urgent and volatile. Former Afghan interpreters are calling on Canada to expand their program.