Ford Is Fuming At Trudeau's Government For 'Dropping The Ball Majorly' On Vaccines

"It's a joke. [...] I'm done," the premier said today.
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Premier Doug Ford had strong words regarding Canada's vaccine rollout Friday afternoon.

Ford expressed that he was "as frustrated as they come" at the Trudeau government on the lack of vaccines in Ontario, claiming that they've "dropped the ball, majorly."

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According to the Premier, the province is still waiting on more promised Moderna and Astra-Zeneca vaccines but has yet to receive a date on when it might receive them.

"Right now, pharmacies have run out [and] Shopper's Drug Mart [...] just told me they have 100,000 appointments [booked]," he continued.

"It's a joke [...] I'm done," expressed Ford. To date, the province has fully vaccinated 306,373 residents.

  • Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

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