when you’re reading the news, it can feel like everyone wants to ditch masks and distancing to get one step closer to our pre-2020 life. but
a new angus reid poll
suggests the opposite: actually, most canadians want to maintain pandemic restrictions.
73% support keeping masks
across the country, nearly three quarters of canadians — 73 per cent — said they would support the idea of keeping masking requirements in public spaces. and 64 per cent agreed with restaurants, movie theatres, and other indoor spaces requiring proof of vaccination for entry.
masking was most popular in b.c. and the atlantic provinces, where 81 per cent of people said they would keep wearing masks in public spaces. seventy-five per cent of ontarians, 72 per cent of quebecers, 70 per cent of manitobans and 67 per cent of people from saskatchewan said the same. masking is the least popular in alberta, where only 60 per cent of residents said they planned to keep wearing masks.
albertans were also the least likely to support vaccine passports: less than half of people from that province (49 per cent) agreed with indoor spaces asking for proof of vaccination. that was considerably lower than any other province: 60 per cent of people from manitoba support vaccine passports, 61 per cent in saskatchewan, 62 per cent in quebec, and 67 per cent in ontario. the highest support for vaccine passports were in b.c. and the atlantic provinces, with 71 per cent.
who thinks provincial restrictions lifted too soon?