{"id":31552,"date":"2021-04-01T14:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=31552"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:51:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T18:51:58","slug":"ontario-back-to-shutdown-modified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/legal\/2021\/04\/01\/ontario-back-to-shutdown-modified\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Back to Shutdown, Modified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ontario is moving the entire province to a \u201cshutdown zone.\u201d \u00a0It is in effect for a minimum of 4 weeks and begins Saturday, April 3 at 12:01am. The colour-coded framework is not applicable<\/a> during this shutdown period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is for all regions. Even if your area is currently green, you\u2019re moving directly to shutdown \u2013 no passing through orange or yellow. You can collect a one-time payment of $400 per child if you\u2019re a parent of school-aged children and can \u201cexpect money to begin flowing on April 26<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what does this mean for churches?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First we need to get our terms right. Even though the media may call it lockdown, and the government may use this term on some of its websites<\/a>, the applicable regulation<\/a> doesn\u2019t use that term. The regulation<\/a> uses either \u201cshutdown\u201d or \u201cgrey\u201d zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second, it means you need to be familiar with the rules in Regulation 82\/20<\/a>. Some parts of this regulation apply to \u201cshutdown\u201d zones and some parts apply to \u201cgrey\u201d zones, so make sure you read the right parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third, for shutdown zones<\/a> there were some important changes to religious gathering rules made as of March 29:<\/p>\n\n\n\n