FACT CHECK: Doug Ford claimed he was “flattening the curve”

QUEEN’S PARK — As Ontario reaches yet another record high number of new COVID-19 cases, Doug Ford needs to explain why he and his government have been minimizing the impact of COVID’s second wave on Ontario families, and cutting back on public health measures that are supposed to stop the spread and keep people safe.

“Doug Ford is gambling with people’s lives, and he’s putting us all at risk of longer, deeper lockdowns later,” said Deputy Leader Sara Singh. “He’s downplaying the seriousness of the second wave and delaying the investments needed to help people and businesses get through it.”

Oct. 6 — 548 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario:

“We are flattening the curve”
Premier Doug Ford
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/covid-19-coronavirus-ontario-october-6-report-1.5751877

Oct. 28 — 834 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario:

“We see the curve going down”
Premier Doug Ford
https://youtu.be/uMhFBabO_2g?t=909

Nov. 2 — 948 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario:

“We’re seeing the numbers starting to go down—not to the level that any of us would like to see, but they are maintaining at a plateau.”
Health Minister Christine Elliott
http://hansardindex.ontla.on.ca/hansardETITLE/42-1/L203-412.html#BeginOfTitle

Nov. 4 — 987 new COVID-19 cases reported in Ontario:

“… it looks more like Ontario is following the same tradition as Michigan, which reached a level of between 800 and 1,000 cases per day, higher than of course we’d like to, but reaching a sort of plateau.”
Health Minister Christine Elliott
http://hansardindex.ontla.on.ca/hansardespeaker/42-1/l205a-3_3.html