Economics
Montreal Retail Setback Shows Canada’s Rocky Path to Reopening
- Quebec rethinks plan to allow city’s stores to open next week
- Ontario takes small steps, but most storefronts are still shut
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Quebec has been forced to dial back plans for reopening its economy, just six days after the premier announced them.
The high number of Covid-19 cases in Montreal hospitals caused Premier Francois Legault to postpone store openings by a week in the province’s largest city. Last week he said the city’s retail outlets would be allowed to open May 11; the new date is May 18.