During March of 2020 Covid 19 breaks out across the globe. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Doug Ford want to start enacting laws in order to help stop the spread of the virus.

Immediately Premier Ford announces that he will pass laws that make it illegal for any company to import face masks from the United States and that the Province of Ontario will not send any of their face mask stock piles to other Provinces in Canada. In addition Premier Ford announces that he will pass a Criminal law stating that anyone who violated social distancing can be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison.

Prime Minister Trudeau announces that he will be passing laws that state all high schools and courts will be closed until June 2020. The Prime Minister also says that he will be ordering all hospitals to discharge non-critical patients in order to free up hospital beds, so that hospitals can treat the new Covid patients that the country is expecting.

Based on the fact pattern above, identify any legal issues you can see with the actions of the Prime Minister and the Premier. Explain why these actions are a problem and explain what the Prime Minister and Premier should do.?