Ontario is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccinations after facing criticism for scaling down operations over the holidays, while the Moderna vaccine has started arriving in Canada’s North. Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who is leading Ontario’s vaccine program, said the decision to close clinics over Christmas Day and Boxing Day was the wrong one. “We’ve heard the voices of the people of Ontario saying ’get on with this’ and that’s what we are going to do,” he said at a news conference Tuesday. “We will not take any more days off.” Hillier said more than 14,000 people in the province have received their first dose of the Pfizer−BioNTech shot as of Tuesday morning. He said he has also asked Health Canada to look into whether the Moderna vaccine could be used as a single dose rather than two. “Maybe with the high efficiency that protects you in the first needle, it …