Give me a hand! With the government's efforts to back away from its responsibilities, I have written a letter to Ottawa's Medical Officer of Health, asking her to follow the advice of leading epidemiologists and delay the return of in-person schooling. You'll find the letter here: https://bit.ly/OttawaPHbacktoschool

By signing the petition you will be adding your voice to it and helping @VeraEtches understand and appreciate the importance of what must be done.

We all want our kids to be back in class. But we need to make sure we are doing everything we can to avoid a catastrophe and give our medical system and workers time to deal with the rising wave of COVID cases--without adding fuel to the fire.

I am urging Etches to take a moment, delay in-person schooling, and ensure that the return is as safe as possible and not done at the expense of the at-risk and vulnerable people within our community. Thanks for your support. We can get this done.