Ontario Premier Doug Ford was joined by Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott and Minister of Labour Monte McNaughton, for a briefing on Friday regarding the province's ongoing COVID-19 measures.

Ford announced an Ontario Tools Grant Program to help skilled trade workers with training and financial support for 11,600 apprentices. The premier also announced that the province would be forgiving over $10 million in loans in their Loans for Tools Program.

The premier also expressed his confidence in Ontarians to follow the rules should he have to scale back reopening the economy after increases in COVID-19 numbers this past week.

As of Friday, the province saw 441 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 24,628. There were also 28 deaths, bringing the death toll to 2,021.

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