Police and provincial offences officers are now responsible for responding to calls related to the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act — the “Act” — invoked by the Province of Ontario and as well as ensuring the public’s general compliance with it.
An emergency was declared by an Order in Council (Ontario Regulation 50/20) on March 17, pursuant to section 7.0.1 of the Act. It was recognized that the outbreak of a communicable disease, namely COVID-19, constituted a “danger of major proportions that could result in serious harm to persons.”
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