Internal government research by six focus groups in various Canadian regions found that many participants expressed concern with several areas of Ottawa’s management of the pandemic.
The March 2022 report was prepared for the Privy Council Office and delivered on May 16. The Federal Accountability Act orders all confidential polling that the government does to be open to the public within six months of its release. The report was obtained and originally reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Discussing whether the Government of Canada’s management of the pandemic at present [March 2022] was better, the same or worse when compared to earlier stages of the pandemic, participants expressed a variety of opinions,” said the report, titled Continuous Qualitative Data Collection Of Canadians’ Views….