recent protest in Montréal against mandatory mask usage and anti-mask protests taking place across the United States.The similarities may indicate that the ideological chasm that has defined the American COVID-19 experience is making its way north of the border.The use of masks as a preventive measure against COVID-19 has divided Americans along partisan lines since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first issued its recommendation to wear cloth masks on April 3.
President Donald Trump immediately rebuffed any suggestion he should wear one and set the stage for masks as a subject of political polarization.In Canada, the choice to wear a mask ostensibly does not carry the same political connotations that it does in the.