Ontario virtual housing affordability summit postponed so governments can tackle Omicron

By Staff The Canadian Press

Posted December 15, 2021 12:25 pm EST

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TORONTO — The Ontario government has postponed a virtual summit on housing affordability due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

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The summit was to be held Thursday, with Premier Doug Ford, Housing Minister Steve Clark and numerous mayors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had also been invited to participate.

But in a statement Wednesday, Clark says the province is delaying the meeting until the new year so that all levels of government can focus on combatting the public health crisis.

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The provincial and federal governments are mulling new restrictions and a faster COVID-19 vaccine booster rollout due to the Omicron variant, which is far more transmissible than the Delta variant that drove the third wave of the pandemic.