The year is 2025. A freak mutation of Virus C, which caused a worldwide pandemic in 2020, was identified in 2021, which made it more virulent. Patient zero is thought to be American, which is unsurprising due to the uncontrolled nature of the virus in the United States but has quickly spread to Canada. In response to this new situation, the Canadian government ordered a full lockdown in July of 2021, and the provincial ministries of education were consequently forced to transfer all learning to online platforms. While by 2022 the pandemic had subsided, the Ontario Ministry of Education continues to mandate a 100% online teaching policy for fear that a re-introduction by a traveller could result in a rapid re-emergence of the virus. While some critics among parents and experts accuse the re-elected provincial Chevrolet government for closing schools with the purpose of cutting education costs, the government sustains that online schooling is maintained purely for public health reasons.