The majority of residents support a curfew in Ontario, according to a new poll from Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies. Sixty-two percent of the 602 surveyed Ontarians said they would support the provincial government's decision to implement a curfew, but 45% of Ontarians said they didn't believe that specific restriction would help stop the spread of COVID-19. Editor's Choice: Guelph Man Gets Himself Arrested & Charged For Annoying The Crap Out Of His Neighbours 62 Percentage of Ontarians who would support a provincially mandated curfew The poll's numbers seem to suggest that skepticism about a temporary night-time curfew is higher in Ontario than in most other places in Canada. Ontario had the second-lowest number of people who would support one, just above Alberta's 61%. And, at 45%, Ontario had the highest percentage of people who didn't think it would be an effective way of stopping the spread of COVID-19. According to media reports, Doug Ford was at one point considering a curfew before the province's stay-at-home order was announced. However, when that stay-at-home order was announced on January 12, no such restriction was included. Quebec is currently in the middle of a curfew, making it the first Canadian province to implement one.
