Many provinces have imposed restrictions in response to surging COVID-19 cases, but none have confirmed whether they have evaluated the success of these policies based on data and evidence from previous lockdowns in Canada. The Epoch Times asked all 13 provinces and territories as well as the federal government whether they have done any assessment of the costs and benefits of their various measures, such as closing down businesses, during the previous waves of the pandemic in order to inform current policy-making amid Omicron and future waves. Every jurisdiction either responded with unrelated comments or didn’t respond at all. The rationale for lockdown and restriction measures is to reduce COVID-19 case counts. However, they’ve come at steep costs for Canadians, resulting in loss of business and livelihoods, negative impacts on mental health, increase in addictions, and even a rise in excess deaths, as different studies have shown. David Redman, a …