Ontario Virtual Summit on Housing Affordability Postponed for Governments to Address Omicron | The Canadian News

TORONTO – The Ontario government postponed a virtual summit on housing affordability due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

The summit was to be held on Thursday, with Prime Minister Doug Ford, Housing Minister Steve Clark, and numerous mayors.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was also invited to participate.

But in a statement Wednesday, Clark says the province is delaying the meeting until the new year so that all levels of government can focus on fighting the public health crisis.

The provincial and federal governments are considering new restrictions and a faster rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine booster due to the Omicron variant, which is much more transmissible than the Delta variant that fueled the third wave of the pandemic.

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Clark says the Ontario Housing Affordability Summit will take place on January 19, 2022.

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