Here's a great rant from today's National Post, couldn't have said it any better myself!

Ford is inflicting pandemic pain, but offering little gain. The new rules will not be enough to stop Omicron. At best, they will "blunt" the virus's advance, Ford said. That would be the same blunting that his own science advisers recommended in the middle of December, but that Ford declined to implement. That's the core problem with what Ford's doing now. If the situation was really so dire, he should have acted weeks ago when restrictions might have made a difference. If not, this is too much, too late. Omicron will infect many Ontarians, although the rates of hospitalization and death are low compared to earlier forms of the virus. That will happen regardless of the measures Ford announced, but what he did accomplish is to make sure that the sickness will be accompanied by the maximum amount of financial, psychological and emotional grief. It's not surprising. It's what he has done throughout the pandemic. Monday, Ford referred, as he often does, to the "toolbox" he relies on to deal with these difficult situations. Unfortunately, it doesn't contain anything but a hammer. (Randall Denley in NP)