Emails to Manitoba premier provide a snapshot of public feedback on pandemic rules

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WINNIPEG — Dictator. Criminal. Greedy.

Those are some of the descriptors fired in writing at former Manitoba premier Brian Pallister by members of the general public in May 2020 as the government was facing the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.

Manitoba was just starting to see the effects of the novel coronavirus at the time. There had been 289 cases and seven deaths linked to COVID-19. The government initially forced many non-essential businesses to close. Schools, dentist offices, museums and other facilities were also shuttered. “I feel you can declare that the crisis in Manitoba is over and we can fully open up,” one emailer wrote.

 

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