"People pay taxes there to have your cabins there and it helps support that economy and now you're literally telling the taxpayers that they can't go?"

The pandemic is driving some curious real estate trends as a combination of working from home and restrictions on travel is driving people to look at more rural areas.

A statement from Ford doesn't explicitly advise cottagers not to visit their seasonal properties, but says there will be many other opportunities to do so, and right now health and safety is the province's focus.