Russel does make a good point. Has the pandemic been used by governments to boost their popularity? Has the pandemic been used to distract voters from government misdeeds?
With a provincial election coming this year and Doug Ford’s popularity being on the low side, was lifting pandemic restrictions a method of boosting his chances of winning this year’s election?
We all know that governments govern by polls. Did poll numbers tell Ford that it was time to lift restrictions or was he following the science?