Forty-two per cent of those surveyed said they don't think Canadian athletes should compete in the Tokyo Games -- delayed by a year due to the pandemic -- while 39 per cent said Team Canada should attend.
"Canadians are so divided, certainly not convinced it's safe for athletes, so it's as if they're saying, 'If we decided to go, OK, and if we decide not to go, fine,"' Bourque said.
Athletes aren't required to be vaccinated to participate in the Games, however Pfizer and BioNTech announced earlier this month they would be donating COVID-19 doses to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Games. The government is working closely with its sport partners and with the support of the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, Gagne-Raynauld said.The results from the poll of U.S. residents suggest our neighbours to the south are far more comfortable with the idea of sending their athletes to Japan for the Games, which open July 23.
"They've always had very much more of a laissez-faire attitude toward everything pandemic-related, compared to Canadians. In their case, a majority are saying, 'Yes, we should go and yes, it's safe."' On Friday, a petition calling for the Olympics to be cancelled "to protect our lives" with more than 350,000 signatures was submitted to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. The petition says money spent on the Games would be better used on people in financial need because of the pandemic.
Don't send our Team Canada athletes to Tokyo.
AnnieClaireBO Don't send.
Isnt this the athletes decision? I mean if i only get to play every 4 years I'd definitely go
Young young healthy athletes. Won’t be so much as a sniffle.
Id say no
AnnieClaireBO Leave it up to the athletes CHOICE
Does Japan want them?
Good point! TokyoOlympics CanceltheTokyoOlympics
I actually don’t care one iota about the Olympics - based on what’s taking place in Japan probably should be cancelled.
Stay home!
The Olympics promote nationalism which we all know leads to Hitler. It must be stopped.
Cancel for this year. Obviously, the summer games want to be realigned with the winter games.
Pretty sure Canadian athletes who are adults btw can understand risk and decide for themselves.
Nope, don't go.
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