Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson said “there are simply no facts to support a lockdown in the city of Ottawa” for 28 days, a decision announced by Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Monday. In a statement Monday, Watson said Ford’s decision has “completely blindsided Ottawa residents and small businesses, who have been diligently following the rules for months.” Ford said the reason for a province-wide shutdown was due to an increase in daily COVID-19 cases that put the hospitals and longterm care homes in Ontario at risk, and so there is a need to curb the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. The provincial government also added that based on the latest modeling data, it is projected that there will be over 300 people in need of intensive care beds within the next 10 days. Watson, however, does not agree with the Ford government. “Ottawa …
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