Coronavirus: Ford says province ‘can’t enforce’ order making masks mandatory

Premier Doug Ford said on Friday that Ontario would not introduce a provincial order mandating that medical masks be made mandatory amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, adding that while he supports municipalities that want to make it mandatory to wear masks, a province-wide order couldn’t be enforced.

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