GoodLife encourages members to ‘stand up for fitness’, write their MPPs
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One of the largest fitness clubs in Canada is calling on its members to lobby the Ontario government to re-open gyms across the province.
On Tuesday, GoodLife sent an e-blast out to over 175,000 Ontario members with the headline “Stand Up For Fitness!”
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“If the health of the fitness industry continues to suffer, the health of Canadians will suffer as a result, and this will prove to be detrimental to our society, and expensive for all levels of government,” reads a template that the popular fitness club is urging its members to send to MPPs as well as Premier Doug Ford and other key government figures.
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The message to members stresses that while working out helps with physical fitness, the current pandemic highlights the benefits of fitness in improving stress and mental health.
The petition template goes on to request “that the Province of Ontario allows gyms and fitness centres to reopen following the latest round of mandatory closures in accordance with strict provincial and local public health advice.”
Ford placed Toronto, Ottawa and Peel Region into modified Stage 2 restrictions on Oct. 10, for a period that was described as “at least 28 days”. The move, which later included York Region, saw indoor dining, fitness centres and several other facilities temporarily shut down again.
GoodLife’s letter comes as over 200 fitness centres in Quebec are threatening to defy their province’s restrictions and re-open by Thursday unless Premier Francois Legault can offer conclusive proof that gyms are causing the spread of COVID-19.
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The letter is actually part of a broader outreach initiative led by the Fitness Industry Council of Canada, according to GoodLife, and it’s expected similar businesses will be joining the campaign and sending the letter to their clients.
“We are keen to advance the discussions with the Ontario government and Public Health and to help co-create any enhanced guidelines for gyms across Ontario,” said Jason Sheridan, GoodLife’s Senior Vice President of Operations, in a statement to the Sun. “We are very open to navigating this situation together and working to develop solutions that would allow us to continue to invest in the health and wellness of Ontarians.”
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