Ontario to Introduce Bill to Extend Some Emergency Measures Over the Next Year

Ontario to Introduce Bill to Extend Some Emergency Measures Over the Next Year
People get exercise outside on the lake shore path along Lake Ontario in Toronto on April 2, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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TORONTO—Ontario introduced new legislation Tuesday to enable the extension of some pandemic emergency orders over the next year, a move an opposition critic said could curb checks on the powers granted to the government.

Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said the legislation would allow the government to extend or amend some emergency orders a month at a time, with the law expiring a year after it’s passed.