Chris Selley: Liberals play more insulting pandemic games with our democracy

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To the extent Canadians are united in the war against COVID\u002D19, they have proven themselves pretty good soldiers. Why divide them?

If there’s one thing Canadians can be pretty confident about, however — and your experience will obviously vary by jurisdiction — it’s that we will continue to have things pretty good, especially in terms of cases but also fatalities, relative to most other Western jurisdictions that also could not realistically seal their borders: the United States and Europe, most notably.

The highest total case rate among Canadian provinces, Alberta’s, is much lower than Oregon’s: 7,365 per 100,000.The highest total death rate is Quebec’s 135 per 100,000, which is slightly higher than Oregon’s. But second-place Manitoba is all the way down at 96. Ontario is way down further at 68, British Columbia further still at 46.Article content

It’s only a theory, but I think Canadians themselves have far more to do with it. We are cautious people: Albertans and Saskatchewanians less so than Ontarians and Maritimers, it would seem, but cautious nonetheless. If every rule Ontario implemented had been framed only as a strong recommendation, I suspect the outcomes would have been worse — but not two or three or four times worse.

This only makes governments’ shambolic, insulting performances on so many files more frustrating — including in some cases their commitment to the basics of democracy.

 

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