In the event of a future pandemic, only a minority of Canadians would support the reintroduction of school and business closures and nightly curfews as part of public health measures, according to in-house research conducted by the Privy Council Office.
The May 2022 report titled “Support for and Adherence to Public Health Measures” was based on monthly questionnaires with 2,000 Canadians.
The document, first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter and released under the Access to Information Act, found that in order to prevent a widespread outbreak, only 43 percent of respondents would support school or daycare closures, just 38 percent would support business closures, while nightly curfews—which were implemented by the province of Quebec in 2022—only had the support of 26 percent of Canadians….