If you wondered why Canada is doing so much better on COVID-19 than the United States — here’s one reason: They follow the rules. Oh, and the police are watching.
to ignore those rules, and many did — producing COVID-19 outbreaks across more than half the country.That didn’t happen in Canada. Just as in the United States, most decision-making on health is at the level of provinces, not the federal government led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. But Trudeau urged caution, not recklessness, and provincial leaders followed suit — even those from the opposition Conservative Party.
Quebec, which allowed bars to reopen in June, may have acted a little early; the province suffered a mini-outbreak in July.But elsewhere, reopening has been more deliberate. Toronto, the country’s largest city, allowed bars and restaurants to resume indoor service — with lots of spacing — only last week.
Last month, when Major League Baseball asked Trudeau’s government to relax the quarantine regulations to allow U.S. teams to enter Canada to play against the
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