The federal government conducted a poll asking Canadians what made them more likely to take COVID-19 shots months before mandates related to the vaccines were enforced, records show.
The survey, conducted from May 5–12 of 2021, was Ottawa’s attempt to mine data using the World Health Organization’s “Behavioural Insights (BI) Tool” to support its efforts in “promoting the behaviours recommended by public health experts” during the pandemic.
Over 2,000 Canadians aged 18 and over were polled from an online panel by the Privy Council Office, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Respondents were asked about options such as paying people to take a COVID vaccine or restricting those who chose not to by denying them access to “certain activities.”…