'We need to give people hope': Canadian industry groups criticize politicians' message of fear around COVID

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While other countries offer specific details around reopening, the coalition warns, Canadian governments risk stifling the post\u002Dpandemic economic recovery

Meanwhile, Western allies have provided hard timelines for recovery. In February, the U.K. laid out its “roadmap out of lockdown,” a four-point plan that details a gradual reopening over a series of specific dates and according to certain thresholds like vaccinations and COVID-19 case counts.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is the only provincial leader to provide his own detailed plan on reopening, and laid out specific thresholds last week for when certain activities like public gatherings would be allowed in the province. The Saskatchewan leader said he wouldn’t wait on the federal government to reopen, saying his province’s vaccine campaign has long remained ahead of schedule.

“By now, Canadians should know when things are going to turn the corner and what metrics we are using to determine a plan for re-opening,” Conservative leader Erin O’Toole said in a statement at the time. “We can’t keep asking Canadians to sacrifice more without being clear about when restrictions will be eased.”

Among the measures recommended, Hyder said international travellers who are vaccinated need to be exempted from Canada’s mandatory 14-day quarantine, as it would present a “structural impediment” for businesses. A lack of clarity around reopening could also complicate supply chains, which could become a costly shortfall if they are disrupted.

 

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You can not give people hope! Hope comes from awareness and inner peace, becoming knowing (conscious) and wise! Never hope for things of cognition which you can't hope for (shall not experience) because if you were to gain cognitions that are beyond

But fear is the easiest by far to feed on

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