Partisan pile-ons won’t get us through this pandemic

There will be lots of time to mete out political payback to Ford. For now though, we ought to be legitimately wanting him to up his game.  
Ontario Premier Doug Ford, pictured speaking to reporters on the Hill pre-COVID on Nov. 21, 2019. Ford himself has become the lightning rod for many peoples’ COVID-19 anxiety and anger. His opponents are smiling and gleeful, which is sadly predictable and not going to get us through the pandemic, writes Tim Powers.
OTTAWA—April and the third wave of the pandemic here in Ontario have been the most brutal of this 14-month journey. Provincewide, of course, intensive-care-unit admissions and case numbers have set records. Thankfully, vaccine distribution and administration are catching...

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