A new poll suggests Canadians overwhelmingly support the idea of requiring vaccine passports to gain admittance to public places such as restaurants, bars and gyms.
Fully 78 per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they strongly supported (56 per cent) or somewhat supported (22 per cent) requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to visit non-essential public places.
Just 13 per cent said they strongly opposed, while another nine per cent said they were somewhat opposed.
Support ranged from a low of 70 per cent in the Atlantic provinces to a high of 86 per cent in British Columbia.
Eighty-one per cent of Alberta respondents also supported the move, although their province has been the most reluctant to adopt a vaccine passport system.
The poll of 1,537 Canadians was conducted Sept. 24-26 as health-care systems in Alberta and Saskatchewan were being overwhelmed by soaring cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The online poll cannot be assigned a margin of error as internet-based surveys are not considered random samples.
Seventy-four per cent of respondents said governments should not lift all public health restrictions now.
Opposition to relaxing public health orders included 76 per cent of respondents in Alberta, where Premier Jason Kenney lifted most restrictions over the summer, only to have to reimpose some recently as the fourth wave of the pandemic swept the province.
Unsurprisingly given their provinces’ struggles with the fourth wave of the pandemic, Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ranked the lowest among provincial first ministers for their handling of the health crisis.
Fully 80 per cent of Alberta respondents said they were very or somewhat dissatisfied with Kenney’s performance, and 74 per cent of Saskatchewan respondents felt the same about Moe.
By contrast, 74 per cent of Quebec respondents expressed satisfaction with Premier François Legault’s handling of the pandemic, while 52 per cent of Ontarians were satisfied with Premier Doug Ford’s performance.
Fifty-seven per cent nationally said they were satisfied with the federal government’s handling of the pandemic, while 61 per cent expressed satisfaction with their municipal governments.
The poll of 1,537 Canadians was conducted Sept. 24-26 as health-care systems in Alberta and Saskatchewan were being overwhelmed by soaring cases of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
The online poll cannot be assigned a margin of error as internet-based surveys are not considered random samples.
Seventy-four per cent of respondents said governments should not lift all public health restrictions now.
Opposition to relaxing public health orders included 76 per cent of respondents in Alberta, where Premier Jason Kenney lifted most restrictions over the summer, only to have to reimpose some recently as the fourth wave of the pandemic swept the province.
Unsurprisingly given their provinces’ struggles with the fourth wave of the pandemic, Kenney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe ranked the lowest among provincial first ministers for their handling of the health crisis.
Fully 80 per cent of Alberta respondents said they were very or somewhat dissatisfied with Kenney’s performance, and 74 per cent of Saskatchewan respondents felt the same about Moe.
By contrast, 74 per cent of Quebec respondents expressed satisfaction with Premier François Legault’s handling of the pandemic, while 52 per cent of Ontarians were satisfied with Premier Doug Ford’s performance.
Fifty-seven per cent nationally said they were satisfied with the federal government’s handling of the pandemic, while 61 per cent expressed satisfaction with their municipal governments.
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