A new poll by Vancouver-based Angus Reid Institute reveals most people think it is too soon to begin lifting stay-at-home restrictions.
Debates over how to slow the spread of COVID-19 without completely depriving the economy of oxygen continue, and it appears most Canadians feel that time isn't here yet.
The latest public opinion survey from Angus Reid Institute finds three-quarters, 77 per cent, say it's too soon to begin relaxing social distancing requirements and business closures.
A significant segment of Canadians, 39 per cent, say both the impacts of the shutdown on the protection of public safety and on businesses and the economy should carry equal weight with policy makers. The tilt towards erring on the side of reducing infection risk remains stronger, at 52 per cent.
Majorities in each part of the country say their own province should lift restrictions either between one to two months from now (46 per cent) or three to six months from now (28 per cent).
Further, the prospect of an officially sanctioned relaxing of distancing rules would prompt very few Canadians to resume former routines immediately.
Most say they would wait for a couple of weeks, or until the number of new COVID-19 known cases in their province had declined significantly, before ending self-isolation.
