With the GTA seeing a massive surge of COVID cases, Gil Filar is glad his family restaurant on Yonge St., The Rosedale Diner, kept indoor masking and vaccine passport requirements — despite the Ford government dropping them more than a month ago.
But reinstating mask mandates and vaccine passports, Filar said, is difficult to enforce after the province ended measures on March 1. It also comes with legal implications. She said many businesses likely won’t reinstate the measures without provincial backing fearing legal ramifications. And customer anger over health measures and potential delays associated with the vaccine checks, especially for restaurants, are among reasons mandates won’t be reinstated. When the federation surveyed its members, she said, there was an even split among those wanting to keep or lose vaccine checks.
Jill Barber, owner of Barbershop Patisserie on College Street, asked her three employees if they wanted to keep masks back in March. It was a unanimous “yes.” Customers haven’t been aggressive toward Barber and her team. Sometimes a gentle reminder is given if people walk in without a mask, and if they don’t have one, the store provides disposable masks.
Revue Cinema, an independent movie theatre in Roncesvalles, is requiring proof of vaccination until May 1 and recommends visitors wear masks. Mirvish Productions also has a May 1 end date for mandates.
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