Major League Baseball

No apologies from the Trudeau government for not allowing the Toronto Blue Jays to play home games in Canada during the pandemic.

Health Minister Patty Hajdu tells us the team had a plan which “involved a lot of cross border travel in and out of Canada” without a quarantine plan, presenting a challenge for the government.

“It was completely different from the NHL plan which as you know chose cities within Canada so they wouldn’t be interacting and crossing the border in this frequent way which the MLB was proposing,” explains Hajdu.

The health minister admits it was a difficult decision but believes it was the right one adding “I think Canadians also agree that their health and safety really matters during this time and that we need to be doing everything we can to protect their…health and safety.”

The Blue Jays are expected to play their home games in Baltimore at Camden Yards.

They begin their season Friday night with a road game in Tampa.

The Toronto Blue Jays may be in a position to return to the Rogers Centre as early as Wednesday to prepare for the modified Major League Baseball season.

Premier Doug Ford says municipal, provincial and federal health officials have all given their unofficial approval.

“There’s a few tweaks here in the province that Dr. Williams wants to work out with them but we have to wait for the approval from the federal government on the quarantine side of things.”

Currently anyone entering Canada must self-isolate for 14 days.