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The top doc gave the lay of the land in Ontario as pandemic restrictions ease up, including his thoughts on vaccine passports and a September surge — but first, another sign Covid is receding: Premier DOUG FORD is hitting the links this morning in cottage country.

It’s part of a PC Party fundraising event — the likes of which hasn’t taken place in over a year thanks to the pandemic. The “golf classic” goes down at the Nest Golf Club in Innisfil and features the Simcoe—Muskoka caucus: CAROLINE MULRONEY, DOUG DOWNEY, JILL DUNLOP, ANDREA KHANJIN and NORM MILLER. A round with this crew will set you back $1,000.

The NDP has routinely complained about the PC fundraising events, and Ford has shrugged off their criticism, saying such events are par for the course — especially with an election looming in 2022. But Ethics critic TARAS NATYSHAK doubled down yesterday, saying “Ontarians are rightfully teed off.”

“Instead of top …