Ontario premier rips Trudeau over virus testing at airports

The top politician in Canada’s largest province lashed out at PM Justin Trudeau for letting international travelers through the country’s airports without testing them for the coronavirus. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who announced more restrictions Monday to slow the Covid-19 outbreak, said airports have become a “sieve” through which the virus can enter unchecked. He said he’s been asking Trudeau’s government for “weeks upon weeks” to start testing at Toronto’s Pearson International, the country’s busiest airport, to no avail. “Why they’re ignoring us on this is beyond me,” Ford said at a news conference in Toronto. “If the prime minister doesn’t want to do it, I’m going to do it. I’m not going to put the people of Ontario at risk just because the federal government doesn’t want to do tests.” The premier represents a district in the legislature that is right next to Pearson.<br/>