I don't remember Doug Ford ever saying he's sorry for the mess we are in. But frankly, I don't think we can place the fault on him alone. No politicians/parties in his shoe would have done any better, given the political nature of this pandemic and how Canada collectively decided on the "flatten the curve" approach.
The "sorry part" he did say "sorry folks" for going back to level 2 that require temporary closures of cinemas, gyms, restaurants etc...because of the inconvenience and loss of jobs to the people in Ontario. I realized that government here in the west over complicate things too much and in the process commits a cardinal sin IMHO of half assing the necessary solutions in order to tackle the problem seriously. Because they're afraid of being "authoritarian/draconian" to the people thar will inevitably label the strict actions required regardless.
As I personally told my workplace at the outset of the virus. That the government and business should have synergized their efforts into tackling the virus and place the most strictest measures possible (China style) otherwise we're more likely to go back and forth with opening and closing if the measures chosen are half baked which will inevitably lead and understably so for people to grow weary and tired of the constant change. Plus, we could and should have allowed vaccines that are not just MrNA tech but also allowed inactivated vaccines to ensure people do actually have real choices and not the false choice that both government and media's here in the west love to falsely advertise.
We could have also use the swathe of immigrants in the country that have medical backgrounds and are looking into working into the health care field but because the labour laws of the province and country is so byzantine the government couldn't even be expected to operate out of the box thinking and look for novel approach in ensuring that we can utilize the human capital we have in our disposal. Doing so would not only foster greater attraction for the country but also bring solidarity (working together) and closeness to immigration weary Canadian public. Instead, the news is being bombarded with "hospitals short on staff of Doctors, nurses"....
I understand that what I wrote is nothing but a pipe dream but I could not think of anything better to showcase the supposed efficacy and advantages that a "democratic system" has over the autocratic system of countries Canada has latched itself with the U.S. in terms of the China threat theory. Instead, all I see is finger pointing, opposition idiotic politicians trying to find issues to blame the incumbents so that they can pretend to do a better job. Media looks to sensationalize just about every issue since it's in a competition with social media like FB for information dissemination rather than doing actual informing. In my opinion as a long time residents of the country, it's quite a circus which is massively disappointing. But hey at least Canada is not Red China.
